Contract Quote by Bushwick Bill

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for…

— Jo Stafford

My contract with mercury PolyGram Nashville was about to expire. And I never had really been happy. The company, the record company, just didn't…

— Johnny Cash

I feel pretty used by the music industry, in that my contracts are written in such a way that I don't get paid. And…

— Jamey Johnson

I done paid Gunna to write my songs. I never put the songs out but like when I first started rapping I used to…

— Lil Baby

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 have so many records put away now, it was just a matter of picking 13 songs and selling it. It was all these…

— Akon

One of the reasons I know how to handle my business is because I know can't rely on rap.

— YG

I know I can't rap forever, but I know as long as I got a label or something I can get money forever.

— Lil Baby

I got out of the business because I went from being the biggest artist on my record label to someone they didn't even want…

— Billy Squier

When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum…

— Tiffany Darwish

Every person at a record company didn't want to be bothered with me because I was too smart. They knew if I recorded, they…

— L.C. Cooke

I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn…

— Ester Dean