The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller… — Joey McIntyre Copy Share Image
I think everyone should sell whatever product they want to sell for whatever price they want to sell it for, but ultimately… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of… — Jake Holmes Copy Share Image
Several record companies had rejected my song 'Owner of A Lonely Heart' on the grounds it was 'too left field.' I never… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger… — Damien Rice Copy Share Image
Leaving the record companies tweaked something inside me and I realised I don't have to deal with labels to make something happen.… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
I joke that I've never been burdened by having an actual hit. There's something to that. My records have sold enough to… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
It was a chance meeting with a lady at Mariah Carey's record company who was here in our office, actually. And I… — James Corden Copy Share Image
I certainly never doubted the ability for the guys to get together and make good music, but there was so much legal… — John Bush Copy Share Image
I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
Today on social media, you can release anything and everybody will hear it. Back in the day, that was your only outlet,… — Keith Sweat Copy Share Image
We made demos of those early songs that we recorded in our guitarist's bedroom with just a reel-to-reel tape, and we sent… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
The industry has changed in that it is far more disposable than it used to be. When Boyzone came out, we were… — Ronan Keating Copy Share Image
Pop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
As I look back, I understand what [the record company] was getting at. They were trying to market a record and make… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we… — Christian Burns Copy Share Image
And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by… — Juice Newton Copy Share Image
Because record companies do not routinely release sales figures the way film studios do, the weekly charts in trade publications like 'Billboard'… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
I find it ironic that now water is more expensive than music. On the one hand, record companies can't go crying when… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of music documentaries and I always love seeing what goes on behind the scenes. In kind of the new… — Israel Houghton 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
What was great about the 80s was that you still had record companies who would get behind developing you as an artist.… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music… — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
Concerning iTunes, the deals have mainly been done with the record companies. But the artists, with some exceptions, haven't been very well-represented.… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them… — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's… — Richard Patrick Copy Share Image
Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart. — Leif Garrett Copy Share Image
I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old. — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups. — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
American record companies seem to feel I am antiwestern, anticapitalism, anti the kind of society they like. They think I'm a troublemaker. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician. — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Record companies feel they are the culture. Hip-hop has to begin to define, protect, and promote itself, and that's why we founded… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore. — Leslie West Copy Share Image
By the time 1997 had rolled around, I had been in the music business for all my life, from the age of… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the… — Nicki Chapman Copy Share Image
In reality, there's a limit to putting a record out yourself. When it comes to working with major record companies in the… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
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