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
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
The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
The paradox is that Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and all the tech giants are bigger fans of music than some of the… — Jean-Michel Jarre 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
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
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
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
Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
What was happening with me, with the album [A Period of Transition], with the people who took the pictures, the record company,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
My contract with mercury PolyGram Nashville was about to expire. And I never had really been happy. The company, the record company,… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this,… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come… — Joe Sample Copy Share Image
You also said in Rolling Stone that your look is based on mine. The look I chose, I chose on purpose at… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
If I had to spend equal time doing paintings, and equal time going to galleries and doing art business, and equal time… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
Every person at a record company didn't want to be bothered with me because I was too smart. They knew if I… — L.C. Cooke Copy Share Image
If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new… — David Coverdale Copy Share Image
When Phil and I started out, everyone hated rock n' roll. The record companies didn't like it at all - felt it… — Don Everly Copy Share Image
The situation is not good with the record companies. It's just not working out, so I don't plan to record until it's… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
Record companies are like cat breeders who find a breed they can make some money off of, in-breed it until it's sickly… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside… — Marco Brambilla Copy Share Image
When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music… — Niklas Zennstrom 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
I gave away the money advanced from my record company on my first album, I'm the type of person who likes to… — Jo Dee Messina Copy Share Image
You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Well, the good news is that there's quite a lot of cynicism about major labels within radio and the press. I think… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
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'm not a corporate machine. I'm not Lady Gaga, I'm not Madonna, I don't have a million dollars behind me and big… — Bebe Buell Copy Share Image
I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
We play the music we want to play and we play the places we want to play. I'd hate to be on… — Ian Curtis 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 don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
Record companies worrying more about market share than developing artists - I hear there was a time when if your first record… — Michael Buble 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
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
It wasn't that we were afraid of the Church or the Vatican. The record company thought people might find the title offensive.… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
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