Contracts 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 other $20,000.

— Ahmet Ertegun

When I signed my first record deal, I brought it over to my lawyer to look over.

— Soccer Mommy

I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't…

— Jamie Cullum

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

— Machine Gun Kelly

I have so many records put away now, it was just a matter of picking 13 songs and selling it. It was all these…

— Akon

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

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

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

— Cliff Richard

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

— Bebe Rexha

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 had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for…

— Jo Stafford

Every musician in the known universe has signed a bad piece of paper, myself included. But it's really very simple. You're the artist. It's…

— Bun E. Carlos