Australia Quote by Angus Young

You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people.

— Jimmy Iovine

Later as things progressed and I saw the direct correlation between being able to keep making records and having people know about the music,…

— Kathleen Hanna

We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.

— Johnny Ramone

When I was on the big labels, I never calculated what would make me sell more records. I just did what I did -no…

— Jill Sobule

Despite not having big hits while we were performing, over the years, we've ended up selling a lot of records.

— Marky Ramone

I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable…

— Kat Edmonson

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

— Sammy Hagar

When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus.

— Prince

Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.

— Isaac Hanson

In the UK, tons of records are now sold in grocery stores, because there are no record stores - it's iTunes or the grocery…

— Win Butler

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

— Paul Shaffer

The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk - they…

— Tom Silverman