I was never your average artist, happy to do whatever the record company told me. — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film. — Carson Daly Copy Share Image
Interscope is run more like a rock band than a record company. It's run in a very spontaneous, heartfelt way. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I don't have to worry about what the average record company person thinks because I am the record company person. — Terence Trent D'Arby Copy Share Image
People thought we were crazy for starting a record company. They really thought I was shooting myself in the foot. — John Prine Copy Share Image
If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented. — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet! — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
I don't like record company people very much, so I don't want to be one of them. — Shavo Odadjian 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
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
I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to… — Klaus Schulze Copy Share Image
There's timing. And then there's also certain people at the record company who worked incredibly hard and were incredibly enthusiastic about what… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best… — Etta James Copy Share Image
All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at… — Joan Jett 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
The record company didn't know what we looked like at first. They were all excited about our tapes. — Morten Harket Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record… — Don Henley Copy Share Image
We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell. — Barry White Copy Share Image
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I have a record company starting. It's called Flesh Records and I'm putting together music for porno movies. — Adam Jones Copy Share Image
Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite… — Siobhan Fahey 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
It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies - they said they didn't get… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They're able to put the material on YouTube… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain… — Kim Wilde 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
A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And… — John Lydon 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's so hard to pick a 'single.' I always want it to be whatever my favorite tune is, but often the record… — Alison Goldfrapp 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
Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole. He just let them sing whatever… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
In those days it was pretty cut and dry. If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an… — Lou Gramm Copy Share Image
We were making 'Tragic Kingdom,' and we were kind of battling with the record company. It was just being drawn-out, in the… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
A lot of people thought my career was over. If you're not releasing records, then something must be wrong. Either the record… — Maxwell Copy Share Image
Success came to me in my late 20s. I started touring when I was a teenager, so I had already seen the… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
We had such a small budget making our first record, and the only way we could make it work was that the… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music. So given those things… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
