Choice Quote by Huey Lewis

You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist…

— T.I

I'm very hard on myself as an artist to begin with, so I personally don't even think I have the proper chops to sell…

— Ashleigh Murray

I love to sell records, but that's not what I'm into.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

You can be more creative when you're not feeling like a slave. When you're on a record label, they have you like that.

— Nate Dogg

I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives…

— Erol Alkan

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

— J. J. Cale

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

— Mos Def

I want to be an artist, not be in the business of making hit records. Once I figured that out, everything became clear.

— Fantastic Negrito

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is…

— Shooter Jennings

I just love making records, and thats never going to change.

— Glyn Johns

I don't get a big recording budget or much promotion, but I have creative freedom.

— Allan Holdsworth

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George