Art Quote by Boy George

I'm very hard on myself as an artist to begin with, so I personally don't even think I have the proper chops to sell…

— Ashleigh Murray

I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all in live…

— Paul Young

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're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people…

— Kevin Drew

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

— Mos Def

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

— J. J. Cale

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 want to be an artist, not be in the business of making hit records. Once I figured that out, everything became clear.

— Fantastic Negrito

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

— Herb Alpert

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.

— Gus Van Sant

That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record…

— Roger McGuinn

Now we know that, the way contracts are set up, it's not really made for artists to get rich from selling records - that's…

— Lisa Lopes