Art Quote by Alan Sparhawk

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

That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record…

— Roger McGuinn

There's really no money per se to be made on records. We used to make a lot of money on records. Now, all of…

— Joey Kramer

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a…

— Branford Marsalis

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George

I think that once an artist has proven herself and you sell lots of records, you should be compensated.

— Toni Braxton

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

— Lady Gaga

When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity…

— Mark McGrath

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

— Mos Def

I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all in live…

— Paul Young

I'm very hard on myself as an artist to begin with, so I personally don't even think I have the proper chops to sell…

— Ashleigh Murray

In rock n' roll, we don't sell records at all like we used to. Yet the artist still has to pay to make records.…

— Duff McKagan