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title: "37 Selling Records Quotes by 37 authors"
description: "Browse 37 Selling Records quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best Selling Records sayings and thoughts."
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> [I take myself seriously and want my image to me more than just something aesthetically suited towards selling records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dyer-baizley/i-take-myself-seriously-and-want-my-image-to-me-more-than-just/)

[John Dyer Baizley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dyer-baizley/)

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> [If people really like your music but you're not selling so many records, I don't think it really matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-nesbitt/if-people-really-like-your-music-but-you-re-not-selling-so-many/)

[Nina Nesbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-nesbitt/)

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> [I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-smith/i-want-to-keep-making-records-as-long-as-i-can-and-that-s-the/)

[Elliott Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-smith/)

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> [All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-j-cale/all-record-companies-want-big-selling-records-and-my-music-is-a/)

[J. J. Cale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-j-cale/)

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> [I sort of disbanded the DC5 in 1970. I decided to call it a day when we were still selling records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-clark/i-sort-of-disbanded-the-dc5-in-1970-i-decided-to-call-it-a-day-when/)

[Dave Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-clark/)

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> [Keeping my family out of prison best I can. That is success to me. I created that without selling records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-gotti/keeping-my-family-out-of-prison-best-i-can-that-is-success-to-me-i/)

[Yo Gotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-gotti/)

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> [I'm selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mann/i-m-selling-more-records-on-my-own-than-i-did-on-major-labels/)

[Aimee Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mann/)

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> [I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-m-always-happy-when-i-hear-about-people-selling-records-or-selling/)

[Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/)

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> [No one's selling records anymore, so there's no income you're being robbed of. I think that you should be in alignment with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-wilson/no-one-s-selling-records-anymore-so-there-s-no-income-you-re-being/)

[Bryce Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-wilson/)

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> [No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-marling/no-one-starts-playing-my-kind-of-music-to-make-a-fortune-but-i-do/)

[Laura Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-marling/)

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> [I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjork/i-m-a-bit-of-a-nerd-i-wouldn-t-mind-working-in-a-shop-selling-records/)

[Bjork](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjork/)

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> [I wanted to get my recording and become a musician again, work; with other people, do that kind of thing because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/i-wanted-to-get-my-recording-and-become-a-musician-again-work-with/)

[Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/)

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> [You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-drew/you-re-not-going-out-there-to-make-a-living-out-of-it-by-selling/)

[Kevin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-drew/)

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> [Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/most-people-assume-that-a-record-shop-s-success-lies-in-selling/)

[Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-branson/)

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> [Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-vinton/hey-we-ve-all-been-to-high-school-we-ve-seen-the-in-crowds-most-of-us/)

[Bobby Vinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-vinton/)

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> [Selling records is fantastic. But if you're not loving what you do, and if everybody is throwing knives at you, it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-borland/selling-records-is-fantastic-but-if-you-re-not-loving-what-you-do-and/)

[Wes Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-borland/)

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> [I have never made money selling records. I have never really made money touring, either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. But I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sia/i-have-never-made-money-selling-records-i-have-never-really-made/)

[Sia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sia/)

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> [How about no one's ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record industry is over. Game over. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-i-am/how-about-no-one-s-ever-going-to-outsell-michael-jackson-at-selling/)

[will.i.am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-i-am/)

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> [There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/there-are-a-lot-of-musicians-who-are-still-desperately-trying-to/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

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> [They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-cowell/they-understand-what-their-market-is-and-who-they-should-be-selling/)

[Simon Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-cowell/)

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> [There's always this talk of the industry of music and about selling records and whatever, but that ignores probably the majority of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/there-s-always-this-talk-of-the-industry-of-music-and-about-selling/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

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> [“On the end of an era "I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/on-the-end-of-an-era-i-think-records-were-just-a-little-bubble/)

[Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/)

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> [360 deals are the new things of the industry. It's not about selling records; it's about selling T-shirts, getting a piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/360-deals-are-the-new-things-of-the-industry-it-s-not-about-selling/)

[Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/)

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> [Playing in a band, selling records through mail order, and selling clothes - these are all things I love doing. If that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusaku-maezawa/playing-in-a-band-selling-records-through-mail-order-and-selling/)

[Yusaku Maezawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusaku-maezawa/)

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> [I feel like I'd like to continue putting out records and start putting them out more rapidly than I have until now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frusciante/i-feel-like-i-d-like-to-continue-putting-out-records-and-start/)

[John Frusciante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frusciante/)

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> [I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branford-marsalis/i-suspect-that-we-might-actually-start-selling-some-records-with/)

[Branford Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branford-marsalis/)

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> [I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-meloy/i-d-rather-have-a-strong-career-playing-and-selling-records-to-a/)

[Colin Meloy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-meloy/)

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> [I think it's OK if somebody likes my music and likes Sam Hunt's music, too. And I think if we're both selling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-stapleton/i-think-it-s-ok-if-somebody-likes-my-music-and-likes-sam-hunt-s-music/)

[Chris Stapleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-stapleton/)

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> [The touring business is obviously critical to selling records, building fan bases, selling T-shirts, fulfilling sponsorship commitments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rapino/the-touring-business-is-obviously-critical-to-selling-records/)

[Michael Rapino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rapino/)

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> [ Before the whole \[music\] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-fogel/before-the-whole-music-business-was-calibrated-around-the-selling-of/)

[Arthur Fogel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-fogel/)

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> [The whole having records and selling records and being on TV, that was something that I didn't ever think would be for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-collins/the-whole-having-records-and-selling-records-and-being-on-tv-that-was/)

[Phil Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-collins/)

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> [Playing music was something I wanted to do since I was 11 years old, so when we went on tour and started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccready/playing-music-was-something-i-wanted-to-do-since-i-was-11-years-old/)

[Mike McCready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mccready/)

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> [I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-alpert/i-don-t-think-radio-is-selling-records-like-they-used-to-they-d-hawk/)

[Herb Alpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-alpert/)

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> [Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paloma-faith/anybody-who-says-they-don-t-want-to-be-seen-on-a-show-which-has/)

[Paloma Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paloma-faith/)

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> [Now we know that, the way contracts are set up, it's not really made for artists to get rich from selling records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-lopes/now-we-know-that-the-way-contracts-are-set-up-it-s-not-really-made/)

[Lisa Lopes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-lopes/)

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> [I paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-june/i-paid-my-dues-i-have-crawled-to-gigs-i-have-served-people-coffee-i/)

[Valerie June](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-june/)

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> [To have a No. 1 with 130,000 copies sold is, you know, I remember when we first started selling records, in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-root/to-have-a-no-1-with-130-000-copies-sold-is-you-know-i-remember-when/)

[Jim Root](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-root/)

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