Coming Quote by Alison Moyet

I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.

— Anonymous

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

— Boy George

Sometimes you are at the mercy of record companies or publishing companies.

— Belinda Carlisle

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

— Steve Stoute

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

— Herb Alpert

I'm not interested in artistic records for the sake of making artistic records where they're so cool no one listens to them.

— Lari White

I do see a lot of young artists who write records or sacrifice records, because there are a lot of older artists who are…

— Rick Ross

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

You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.

— Prince

Record companies are not unique. Artists are. Period!

— Jimmy Iovine

You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore.

— Leslie West