Art Quote by Gary Wright

One of the main things that differentiates them [artists of 70s] from artists before is that they made albums based on the fact that…

— DJ Spooky

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

— Deana Carter

Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and…

— Gary Wright

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a…

— John Mellencamp

I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds…

— Eric Church

Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a…

— Laurieann Gibson

Music that was made in the 60s and 70s did come from a really soulful place. The seed for the songs written in the…

— M.I.A

The whole music industry has completely and totally changed from how it was. It's very, very different. When we started, there were loads of…

— Susan Ann Sulley

By the mid-'60s, recorded music was much more like painting than it was like traditional music. When you went into the studio, you could…

— Brian Eno

In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who knew how…

— Brian Eno

I don't know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business. Most of what was released has always been garbage…

— Adam Schlesinger

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I…

— Akon