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
People will download the music for free and they'll pay for it if they want to give you a compliment. They don't… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
Albums aren't even selling anymore and there's a reason for that. Record companies are just signing single and ring tone deals and… — Rahki Copy Share Image
The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop,… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people, especially the younger generation who don't feel that they need to support the artists by buying… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
I heard a quote once in a documentary about a band that said you're better off owning everything 100 percent and selling… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you release an album and the record company just about ignores it, and so many people don't even know it's out.… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I still have every record company sending every new, hot track to me, to do music videos, so I'm chained by the… — Joseph M. Kahn 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
I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it… — Ornette Coleman 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
The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
Everybody's career is different. In this new age of being able to talk to the whole world at once, the possibilities are… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record… — Helen Reddy Copy Share Image
Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
I got out of the music industry many years ago. I had a charlatan for a producer who I wanted nothing to… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour… — Adam Ant 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
We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
