Book Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

“People admire talent, and talk about their admiration. But they value common sense without talking about it, and often without knowing it.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was…

— Katy Perry

There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning experience.

— Bruce Pavitt

I can't wait until the record label feels like it's time for my album to come out, and then just disappear.

— Donnis

Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without…

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr

And the next album I do is going to be different because I'm going to change. I already did that thing where I had…

— Laura Bell Bundy

Island Records was the first record label to... acknowledge me. After that, quickly, Republic Records, and then Atlantic Records, Sony Records and Warner Bros.…

— Shawn Mendes

Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to a lot…

— Darius Rucker

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

— Rosanne Cash

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the video business…

— John Landis

Kaputt was just a record that did really well for us, and therefore our record label and our booking agent said that we should…

— Dan Bejar

In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's…

— Patrick Carney