Back Quote by G-Eazy

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

— Bebe Rexha

I always knew I wanted to do music, but it took me a long time to figure out how to exactly do that. With…

— Skylar Grey

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 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

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to start a record label.

— Kevin Abstract

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to…

— Natasha Bedingfield

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it…

— Juliana Hatfield

I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

— Tony Bennett

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

I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They made sure…

— Philip Bailey

Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they were a good idea, maybe they…

— Chantal Kreviazuk