Big things Quote by Ian Curtis

Record companies are like cat breeders who find a breed they can make some money off of, in-breed it until it's sickly and dying…

— Michael Penn

Records are very powerful promotional tools to go out and be able to play on the road, but you do have to think about…

— Lyle Lovett

I find with records, they become what they're going to become. They take on a power and a direction of their own. Part of…

— Emmylou Harris

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can…

— Al Jourgensen

The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.

— Norman Granz

When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular…

— Mickey Gilley

It's just a compulsion to create something new and stay busy. I don't know how to do anything else. It was never exactly right.…

— Stephen Malkmus

Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.

— Stan Getz

Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get…

— George Clinton

The movement really has evolved because their initial demands [such as factory codes of conduct and disclosure of supplier names and addresses] have virtually…

— Pietra Rivoli

Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?

— Matt Mullenweg

It's crazy to make records nobody buys. It's just a waste of time.

— Ry Cooder