Alice in chains Quote by Chris Cornell

Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become kind of…

— Arthur Fogel

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

More live recording. I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live because things happen onstage…

— Al Jarreau

I would imagine after the first recording session with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and Atlantic Records I began to realize that this is…

— Ben E. King

The record business is changing a lot, and I don't think to the detriment of music - I think, if anything, it's helping music.…

— Steve Winwood

I think people can just make things now. It's kind of what happened with the music industry. Before, a band couldn't afford to go…

— Michael Pitt

I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They made sure…

— Philip Bailey

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

— Shaggy

I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in…

— Jonny Lang

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

I'm feeling like the music business is reaping what it's sown. It's going through what inevitably it was going to go through. It was…

— Adam Levine

Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just…

— George Michael