Culture Quote by Bebe Rexha

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

I had a publishing deal way before I had a record deal.

— Cole Swindell

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really…

— Hilary Duff

I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get a record…

— Jay-Z

I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted…

— Brian McKnight

I always knew I wanted to do music, but it took me a long time to figure out how to exactly do that. With…

— Skylar Grey

I got signed with the songwriting deal when I was sixteen and they were really great - my publishers, who to this day are…

— Lights

That first record, I wrote before I had a record deal.

— Carly Pearce

I own every song I've ever released. I do not have a traditional record deal. I still get the lion's share of my money…

— Jelly Roll

When I signed a record deal, I was always told by execs I needed to be like everybody else, that I had to show…

— Jessica Simpson

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 started my own record label.

— Tom Felton