Compromises Quote by Ian Williams

I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an…

— Don Ellis

It's going to be an interesting dilemma for certain corporations. They've worked so hard to make themselves important in the way music goes out…

— Paul Morley

We're thrilled to play an offbeat place. Our music fits with it. I love playing unusual venues.

— Taylor Goldsmith

You know, that's kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.

— Finneas

There's this notion that music has to be confined to some small, simple place to be popular, something I never believed.

— Kamasi Washington

It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component.

— Tom Waits

But music raises a lot of issues. Music is something that matters to people a lot, and they put a lot of passion into…

— Kurt Loder

I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford to drive…

— Rhiannon Giddens

One of the secrets is, for us, we pick our demographic. If other demographics want to like it, then by all means. But essentially,…

— Redfoo

At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.

— Daniel Ek

The music industry is very small.

— Rita Ora

I believe that music should really be without boundaries.

— Dianne Reeves