Asked Quote by Ahmet Ertegun

I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the…

— Ahmet Ertegun

One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for…

— Trent Reznor

I was never supposed to get a record deal - that's one in a million.

— Machine Gun Kelly

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

— Don Shula

I did a job, [Don King] took money, probably more than he should have. If I was supposed to get $10 million, I was…

— Larry Holmes

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

— Charley Pride

Since I was 19, I've said, 'I'm gonna sign for a million.'

— Stefflon Don

I didn't sign a record deal; I didn't do any of that. I made my record independently, and I went out and hit the…

— Aubrie Sellers

Yeah, the first contract I signed, that was the first time I realized, Oh man, never mind, I don't want to do this anymore,…

— Ari Lennox

I signed a deal with Satan because I wanted to get famous. Then I forgot I had a deal with Satan and then I…

— Roseanne Barr

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

One thing that I had to remember in my personal journey in the music industry and coming up in the music industry was how…

— Kelly Rowland