I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
“them for at most $9.99. Jobs came in and offered publishers what he had refused to offer record companies: They could set… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I mean, all the record companies said no, you know, say 10 record companies, whatever. But one said yes, and it took… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
Who wanna be next? While you a dead superstar, the record company still cashin' checks. — Master P 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
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 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
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
It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios.… — John Belushi Copy Share Image
Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying… — Dimebag Darrell 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
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
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
Over the years, I've had fairly benign record companies who gave me a lot of rope, but in spite of that, there's… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I've tried to stay true, in my own fashion, to the ideas of The Sex Pistols, even while I was working with… — Julien Temple Copy Share Image
I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
A respectable-sized audience hasn't really been able to follow developments in jazz since the free jazz movement in the '60s. Some of… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local… — Jello Biafra 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
Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and… — Steven Morrissey 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
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
Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. The shift from the one to the other was definitely related to when… — David Crosby 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
You can always pound out demos and send them to record companies, but most of the successful bands I've seen are the… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. — Melissa Auf der Maur Copy Share Image
'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies - they said they didn't get… — Imelda May 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
I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because… — Ornette Coleman 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
Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave… — Graham Parker 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
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
I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but… — Fantasia Barrino 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
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