Art Quote by Dave Grohl

When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity…

— Mark McGrath

When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid…

— Pharoahe Monch

The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk - they…

— Tom Silverman

I don't make records for this medium with which we're going to sell it. The selling of it can never be more important than…

— Jason Pierce

I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's…

— Eric Church

In the record business, if you sign an artist that don't really know too much about the business, you can really get over on…

— YG

The big labels have less of a stranglehold on artists and how they record and where they go.

— Kim Wilde

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

— Michael Jackson

I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't.

— Freddie Gibbs

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

— Alan Sparhawk

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

— Steve Stoute

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick…

— John Otway