We were 6 feet under. A lot of people gave up on us, including fans and critics and show promoters and record labels. — Jacoby Shaddix Copy Share Image
When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The big, big record labels have so much control. I think too much control that it actually made their artists scared to… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
I had to learn the hard way. There was a blindness, without any education or will or drive. Everything I started in… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label. — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
I consider us to be one of the first Internet-based bands, especially because we basically started our entire band via the Internet.… — Jack Barakat Copy Share Image
In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works,… — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
I think record cover sleeves really led towards, but at the same time the album as we know it didn't come into… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
Kaputt was just a record that did really well for us, and therefore our record label and our booking agent said that… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the… — John Landis Copy Share Image
My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
I don't get a lot of big offers. Never have in my career. For some reason, record labels don't call me, famous… — Gordon Raphael Copy Share Image
Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
And the next album I do is going to be different because I'm going to change. I already did that thing where… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
Fans decide what pop culture is. We can define ourselves. Music and the presentation of art nowadays is totally in our control,… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can… — Edgar Bronfman, Jr Copy Share Image
I can't wait until the record label feels like it's time for my album to come out, and then just disappear. — Donnis Copy Share Image
I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block.… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The head of a record label sets up structures, but he also defines the sound of the label, which is to describe… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is, if you're not putting out stuff that people are feeling, then your record label doesn't mean… — El-P Copy Share Image