Beginning Quote by Inspectah Deck

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 have known from the beginning one thing you need to know. That is, the music business is a business.

— Steve Brown

I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music…

— Zooey Deschanel

I didn't start my label out of a business perspective. I did it because I wanted to create a platform where new musicians can…

— Martin Garrix

I got very bored with the music business.

— Wilson Pickett

I knew about the music. I got that part but I wanted to know the business, I wanted to know about royalties, how people…

— Juicy J

Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.

— Willie Nelson

I grew up around the business quite a bit; I saw a little bit of the underbelly of it.

— Simon Helberg

I decided to do whatever I could to make sure the business side of music didn't intrude on the creative part.

— Tracy Chapman

I understand that a corporation needs to make money, but this was never business to me. My music was always so heartfelt and deeply…

— Raye

The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.

— Patrick Stump

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people…

— Q-Tip