People don't really buy records anymore, so record companies won't invest in bands like us. They want cookie-cutter acts. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome. — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
I'd always been a club kid, so I was totally unaware that people had their own record companies. — Robyn 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 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
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
It's always very special for me to work Chicago. Both of the record companies I was with, early on, were based in… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
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
At the beginning, at my shows, there were a lot of press and people from record companies. Now there are people who… — Seinabo Sey 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
When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like… — Mike Dirnt 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 think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model… — Roger McGuinn 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
The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path.… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for… — Robert Fripp 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
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
Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone… — David Vanian 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
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
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
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
As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio. — Ken Auletta Copy Share Image
Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies. — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
The record companies didn't want 'Stony Road,' and it ended up being a gold album. They didn't want 'Blue Guitars,' and we… — Chris Rea 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
All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success. — J. J. Cale 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
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 always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself. — Estelle Copy Share Image
I don't determine the singles. I believe the record company sends a bunch of CDs out to people that they trust in… — Flora Purim Copy Share Image
The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh,… — Debbi Peterson Copy Share Image
Everything about my life was culturally rich, and all the people I met sort of reinforced the wackiness that was normally inside… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the… — Mika 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
You don't have to wait for a record company to tell you that you're good or to sign you. You can put… — Shanice 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/i/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/i/bc9/gary-snyder-4502_bass_like-when-we-did-parliament-and-funkadel_881804.jpg)
![“Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone [in the business] and they'd have a little history of music. Some people in the companies now don't even like music. It's just a job. So I miss the days…” quote by David Vanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/david-vanian-78245_art_unfortunately-you-don-t-get-artist-devel_2150892.jpg)
