Born Quote by Bryan White

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

— Trace Adkins

Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see…

— Shirley Manson

I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio.

— Donnis

In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also through the TV synch licenses that I've been surviving.…

— Priscilla Ahn

There are good people in radio and the record companies, but there are others who are completely in the wrong job and holding music…

— Allan Holdsworth

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

— Shane McAnally

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

— Nile Rodgers

What I saw in the record industry is it's just getting more restricted, more restricted, more restricted to where everyone's trying to figure out…

— Jimmy Iovine

You got to understand: when you go into a record company and give them a something that doesn't sound like what's on the radio,…

— Shaggy

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

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

— J. J. Cale

Of course, growing up, you listen to your favorite people on the radio and you want to have an album of your own and…

— Gabby Barrett