Aspect Quote by Chad Kroeger

Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company.…

— Roy Ayers

I bring in the record label who distributes the music.

— Troy Carter

In rock n' roll, we don't sell records at all like we used to. Yet the artist still has to pay to make records.…

— Duff McKagan

Putting out compilation records, buying the right to music is incredibly complicated. You have to find the writer of the song and the publisher…

— John Waters

Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you want to…

— Gary Allan

I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.

— Prince

When you record for a label, they own that material in perpetuity, meaning that they can release, chose not to release , or repackage…

— Edgar Winter

We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.

— Isaac Hanson

When I put out the records, when I make a distribution deal, those distributors tell me who they sell it to and how many…

— Gail Zappa

When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record…

— Paolo Nutini

My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company…

— Nile Rodgers

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