Band Quote by Billy Squier

Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just…

— George Michael

Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they were a good idea, maybe they…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that…

— Julian Cope

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 can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it…

— Juliana Hatfield

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 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

My first album done what it had to do. It introduced me.

— Dionne Bromfield

My mother, a very eclectic listener, had the first Doors album and gave it to me when I expressed interest in the band. It…

— Henry Rollins

When I first started recording, I was told by all of the experts in the business that the kind of music that I was…

— Tom Scholz

It just amazed me that so many people came to see my show even to a place that I've never been to. I was…

— Angela Aki

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha