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've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm… — Jewel Copy Share Image
I was turned down by three record labels in one day, and the next week they're all blowing my phone up. — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you… — Ester Dean 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
I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
We have incredible record labels in Australia, but sometimes they have a preconceived idea of how to do things. — Jessica Mauboy Copy Share Image
I'm from Israel, so America has no limits. I started a record label, and then I started managing other artists, like Liza… — Gene Simmons 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
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
On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it,… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I have hundreds and hundreds of songs waiting to get on albums, but I don't know about the three-month radio tours and… — Jewel 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
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
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
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
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
People will download the music for free and they'll pay for it if they want to give you a compliment. They don't… — Joss Stone 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
I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
I went to so many record labels - name any one - and they all turned me down. For some reason I… — Shuggie Otis Copy Share Image
I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
People don't know how to reach record labels, and a lot of time labels don't listen to stuff that's sent in randomly. — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that's interesting. — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label… — Michelle Branch Copy Share Image
It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the… — Elvis Costello 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
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
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
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
If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing.… — Tom Odell 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
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
We definitely needed to spend a good solid year just finding ourselves before anyone would even notice us. We had our fan-base… — Theresa Wayman 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
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
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