Art Quote by Blake Mills

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

I think producing a record for other artists is almost like giving them advice, and I would say that it is easier to produce…

— Labrinth

The first two major label records I did what I wanted to do. It wasn't a problem until after I finished my part. They…

— Van Hunt

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

— Boy George

I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

— Branford Marsalis

I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.

— Jack Antonoff

I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans…

— Robert Hilburn

When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all…

— Aloe Blacc

To be able to create an album where you are in complete control of your own work is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an artist.

— Nadine Coyle

We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets the artist…

— Tony Bennett

I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that…

— M. Ward

To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained,…

— Tom Corson