Any Quote by Ahmet Ertegun

“them for at most $9.99. Jobs came in and offered publishers what he had refused to offer record companies: They could set any price…

— Walter Isaacson

Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't need a…

— Art Garfunkel

Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and sat in…

— Don Felder

I've never sold a lot of records.

— J. J. Cale

Now we know that, the way contracts are set up, it's not really made for artists to get rich from selling records - that's…

— Lisa Lopes

I didn't earn that much in record royalties. You've only got to look at my sales in 1980 to figure that one out.

— Paul McCartney

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know,…

— Bruce Springsteen

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a…

— John Mellencamp

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 a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who…

— Sam Hunt

We always sold 4 or 5 million records no matter what we did.

— Sammy Hagar

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