It's a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Back when Napster first came along, I started telling everybody Napster was like shooting yourself in the foot because you're stealing music.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people… — Geoff Tate Copy Share Image
Having a record company and putting out my own CD. There's clothes and shoes. There's also an upcoming book deal that I'm… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
You go through periods of times where bands are calling the shots, and then sometimes, you've got the record companies calling the… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
In terms of breaking an artist traditionally, it was in the form of radio. You had to pop your record off there.… — B-Real Copy Share Image
I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies,… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
By the time 1997 had rolled around, I had been in the music business for all my life, from the age of… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
In reality, there's a limit to putting a record out yourself. When it comes to working with major record companies in the… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the… — Nicki Chapman Copy Share Image
People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour… — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
I still have every record company sending every new, hot track to me, to do music videos, so I'm chained by the… — Joseph M. Kahn Copy Share Image
The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
It seemed record companies wanted bands to be creative because they didn't know how to manufacture underground music. We could do our… — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
They're the ones, the record companies and the record industry are the one who plays artists out like that. Well, 'You're above… — B-Real Copy Share Image
One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that… — Moby Copy Share Image
Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off… — George Clinton 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
