If you let record companies mold you into what they think you should be, your career won't last no matter how good… — B-Real 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
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
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
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
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
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
Oh, you know record companies. . . at the end of the day, it's business. If you analyse it, you're just a… — Enrique Iglesias 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
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
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
The old ways still apply. You can still send tapes to record companies, and there are record companies, you know, there are… — David Gilmour 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“There are ominous signs about the future of classical music. The record companies are facing threats from piracy and unauthorized downloading. It’s… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge.… — Beanie Sigel 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
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
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
Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission. — Pink 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
The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
No matter how good you are you can fall prey to the big machines of the record companies. — B-Real Copy Share Image
I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
Corporate America couldn't be more excited about the demise of the record companies. — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies. — Greg Ginn 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
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
Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live. — Adam Ant 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
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
