I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them. — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore. — Evan Dando Copy Share Image
If you look at something like Spotify, many record labels are investors in the company. So from that standpoint, the money is… — Om Malik Copy Share Image
I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I don't have any pressure on myself. I don't have a big record label backing me. I'm doing it all myself. — Melanie Brown Copy Share Image
However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a " buzz… — Pat Garrett Copy Share Image
I just got a chance to see strong tenacity and a desire to be on top from some young women who have… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
Nowadays, it's a lot more in the kids hands. You don't really need a record label. You can get the money together… — Mattew Nicholls Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Record labels collude with some of the radio stations, and the radio stations have their play lists, dependent upon what they call… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I think the 360 deals are what stands out to me, first and foremost. I never would have dreamed that record labels… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
There’s no “correct path” to becoming a real artist. You might think you’ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services]… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
My record label, which is a huge record label who represents massive, massive stars - they've never done anything like this before,… — Rachael MacFarlane Copy Share Image
“The most devastating thing artists can do to their career is get in their own way, and way too many people do.… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself to the world is… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure record labels know what they're doing. No one knows what they're doing. It's kind of amazing because it's… — Griff Copy Share Image
I'm confused that there is a lack of faith in listening to and deciding what is a great song and instead going… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
There are people who are genetically made to start record labels, and I'm not one of those people. People just have it… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I didn't have to fit into a mold. You make the mold. People can smell a rat. If you're doing thing for… — Anthony Evans 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
When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with… — Blake Judd 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
Every time I meet the CEO of a record label I tell them how they did it in the seventies because they… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a… — Andy Taylor 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 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
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
Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right… — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
I've always had to deal with being biracial, even in music. When I came on the scene, I'd go to these record… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
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