Business Quote by Jay-Z

I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when…

— Jay-Z

With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit,…

— Phoebe Snow

The music industry is up and down. Sometimes the people love you, and sometimes they don't. I wanted to be the owner of multiple…

— Kandi Burruss

I wanted to resign from the planet, not just music. It stopped being fun with success. Money got in the way. Everybody got greedy,…

— Artie Shaw

My mom nor my father never pushed me into the music business. I always did it because I wanted to.

— Hank Williams III

I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really…

— Ginuwine

Music became so commercialized that I just didn't want anything to do with it. I renounced the industry before it became the fashionable thing…

— Billy Squier

I grew up the son of a businessman. And I didn't get into music to be a businessman.

— David Berman

When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It…

— Janelle Monae

I got out of the music industry many years ago. I had a charlatan for a producer who I wanted nothing to do with.…

— Leon Redbone

What I decided was I'd be happier not being in the confines of a corporate infrastructure producing music. That's when I was free, and…

— Fantastic Negrito

I had walked away from the music industry because I had a certain integrity and all that.

— Jeff Gutt