Band Quote by Douglas Coupland

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

— Chris Stein

Companies that pretend to care about music and really care about other things - whether it be hardware, whether it be advertising - and…

— Jay-Z

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.

— Paul Simon

The music business, a lot of times, has a big finesse mentality to it.

— Zaytoven

The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.

— Patrick Stump

One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that simple fact…

— Moby

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people…

— Q-Tip

We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could…

— Adrian Smith

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just…

— Barry McGuire

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

— Rosanna Arquette

The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are…

— Kelis

Music companies are not technology companies any more than technology companies are music companies. They're really different from each other.

— Steve Jobs