Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was… — John Landis Copy Share Image
Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
Leaving Interscope was not a personal thing. These record companies are a certain kind of machine, and we weren't able to function… — Yolandi Visser Copy Share Image
At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I would love to show my clevage and more body parts off but my record company won't let me. — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs. Today,… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that… — Moby Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company.… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
The situation is not good with the record companies. It's just not working out, so I don't plan to record until it's… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music… — Niklas Zennstrom Copy Share Image
I'm introverted, and I pay attention to my muse... Record companies used to go mad and say 'We don't know the deal… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
...I got a call from a record company offering me a contract, I did not want to take it because the Lord… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
Rap music and rap records used to always be like this: we get one or two shots to a piece cause it… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A lot of people that buy vinyl today don’t realise that they’re listening to CD masters on vinyl and that’s because the… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
You used to make records, record companies sold them, and people went to record stores and bought them. That's all gone now. — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Corporate America couldn't be more excited about the demise of the record companies. — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos. — Nina Blackwood Copy Share Image
The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself. — Estelle Copy Share Image
Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster. — Dave Rowntree Copy Share Image
I have tons of tunes, maybe 30 tunes that I still think are great, and only because some jerk at a record… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your… — Prince Copy Share Image
The paradox is that Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and all the tech giants are bigger fans of music than some of the… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Ever since the beginning I've tried to do positive music, even though it has meant a lot of struggles against record companies… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
![“It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there but they don't have a chance because once upon a time we [musicians of the 60s] had record companies, and they would support you and have point of purchase material and…” quote by Gene Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bae/gene-simmons-2164_air_it-is-really-sad-for-the-new-artists-whe_443532.jpg)
![“Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you could split them up into different groups. And then, when we went out on tour and they [the record companies] would see us all up there together - we had five, six guitars…” quote by Gary Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc9/gary-snyder-4502_bass_like-when-we-did-parliament-and-funkadel_881804.jpg)
