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
I find it ironic that now water is more expensive than music. On the one hand, record companies can't go crying when… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Because record companies do not routinely release sales figures the way film studios do, the weekly charts in trade publications like 'Billboard'… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by… — Juice Newton Copy Share Image
Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we… — Christian Burns Copy Share Image
I was studying to be a doctor like every good Indian boy, and doing music on the side as a hobby. Then… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
It's quite a mistake to think that music fans don't work on major record companies. Sometimes, you know, you do find some… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
We were a very popular live band in London, packing in 6,000 people a night, and the record companies that came after… — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
...I got a call from a record company offering me a contract, I did not want to take it because the Lord… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
This is business: they don't care about your lyrics; The better you sell, the better future for their children. Controversy sells, so… — Cormega 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'm a fan of music documentaries and I always love seeing what goes on behind the scenes. In kind of the new… — Israel Houghton 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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