Art Quote by Daniel Ek

[Music] business can drive you to do that if you don't have it here. If you're not strong-minded here, it could steer you the…

— Bow Wow

I don't want to get rich. I just want to play my music for the people.

— Eddie Kirkland

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it…

— Ian MacKaye

How do we let people pay for music?

— Amanda Palmer

It's going to be an interesting dilemma for certain corporations. They've worked so hard to make themselves important in the way music goes out…

— Paul Morley

I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands now…

— Tom Morello

You've got to want to put out good music. You've got to give the people their money's worth.

— Hank Williams Jr

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

— Prince

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.

— Donald Glover

The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.

— Ben Folds

It's very difficult to make a living in music these days. All it takes is somebody paying.

— Terry Bozzio

We wanted to create an opportunity for people to share anything, on their own terms, revenue and all. Get away from the commerce side…

— Aaron Dessner