When a record company looks at me I'm very hard to market, I don't really fit anywhere, It's hard to get me… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
In the early Nineties, after my first round of financial problems, I started a studio in Kensal Road in London right at… — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the… — Nile Rodgers 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
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
My main concern about coming back is being able to financially support it on my own. I don't want to depend on… — Tevin Campbell Copy Share Image
A lot of times in a record company environment, it's, 'All right, go out on the road, go get some experience, come… — Scott Borchetta 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
When I made 'A Few Small Repairs' and it did well, I followed that up with having a baby, and that was… — Shawn Colvin 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
Industry rule number four thousand and eighty, record company people are shady. So kids watch your back 'cause I think they smoke… — A Tribe Called Quest 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 had to put me foot down with the first record company. It was about 1975, when singers were being given names… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be… — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
Yes it was we, are a few years back parted from our record company and took the album that we were making… — Isaac Hanson 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 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
The misconception about the record company is that they were the ones who got me wearing short skirts, or got me to… — Grace Potter 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
When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really,… — David Slade Copy Share Image
I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my… — Solomon Burke Copy Share Image
After my second No. 1, my record company, Warner Brothers, gave me a beautiful present - quite unique at the time -… — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I had a record company after me. They wanted me to be a pop act. They said… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
No record company in the world would say, 'We're not promoting if you keep calling somebody a snitch.' They know what makes… — Cam'ron Copy Share Image
Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the… — Roland Gift Copy Share Image
When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
You got to understand: when you go into a record company and give them a something that doesn't sound like what's on… — Shaggy Copy Share Image
I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
You're just one of the guys who fills a suit, and that's what's drilled into you by the record company and the… — Ronan Keating Copy Share Image
“This time, the record company had asked for, “catchy, fun, bubbly, with a hint of rock ‘n’ roll.” So of course my… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
The whole music industry has completely and totally changed from how it was. It's very, very different. When we started, there were… — Susan Ann Sulley Copy Share Image
The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God,… — Billy Ray Cyrus 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
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