Attention Quote by Gabby Barrett

I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and…

— Shirley Manson

Labels and people didn't know if i could write original music or anything.

— Gabby Barrett

I realized there were no words or anything in my music, nothing that people would have to draw them in a little bit more.

— Kieran Hebden

I met with great producers and composers, young people that wanted to give it all in their art, ... We were risking, we were…

— Ricky Martin

I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a success in…

— Townes Van Zandt

Finally I'd found this way where I didn't need a record label; I didn't need to wait for some phone call to tell me,…

— Passenger

I tried too much and too hard to get people to pay attention to what I was doing, and so paying less attention to…

— SOHN

A lot of people think I came out of nowhere. When you start as a songwriter, nobody knows who you are. I met the…

— Meghan Trainor

I went to so many record labels - name any one - and they all turned me down. For some reason I just got…

— Shuggie Otis

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

— Rosanne Cash

I felt my music wasn't aiming at anybody. Everything I was doing was because it was a good song.

— Glen Campbell

I think from a major-label perspective, if you were on the flip side of things and that's the world you were used to working…

— Beth Ditto