Couple Quote by Erykah Badu

I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't…

— Jamie Cullum

I had a publishing deal way before I had a record deal.

— Cole Swindell

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.

— Joe Nichols

People still look for that elusive record deal, but you still can release records on your own, which is amazing.

— Chesney Hawkes

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 was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get a record…

— Jay-Z

So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal…

— Jane Siberry

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with…

— Lee Ann Womack

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

When I got my record deal, my mum was still struggling a little bit, so the entertainment industry took advantage of that. My mum…

— Tiffany Darwish

When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it.

— Kurt Vile