Business Quote by George Shearing

It doesn't take a year to sing a song. Takes a year for people to figure out how to market it.

— Chrisette Michele

When I made dog sweaters, as goofy as that was, I made this product, and people could buy it, and I got money immediately.…

— Natalie Prass

One of the hardest things about being a musician is finishing a project and then having to wait three or six months to publish…

— Aaron Dessner

My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the…

— Leonard Cohen

I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs].

— Leonard Cohen

Just because my song was being played on the radio didn't mean I had a load of money. You don't get royalties overnight.

— Tones and I

I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every…

— Rico Love

I know how hard it is to make it in the music business.

— Roger Taylor

It sometimes takes 6 months or more after you've written and recorded it before you can start to enjoy the experience of singing the song.

— Matt Shultz

I was really amazed when I started hearing 'Songbird' on the radio. I couldn't believe that the record company promotion department had actually convinced…

— Kenny G

The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.

— Alan Jackson

Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make…

— Cliff Martinez