Against Quote by Jeff Ament

The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing platform, not…

— Irving Azoff

In early days of Live Nation, we really believed it was important to be a direct-to-consumer business, which the labels aren't and no promoter…

— Michael Rapino

So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret…

— Imogen Heap

We can't say to a Ticketmaster venue that says they want to use a different ticketing platform, 'If you do that, we won't put…

— Michael Rapino

Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows…

— Jake Owen

When you get a title fight, they give you a bunch of tickets that are very, very close.

— Anthony Smith

“spray-painted on top of band stickers”

— T.K. Chapin

Concert' doesn’t mean standing up like a target in front of thousands of strangers. It means coming together. It means harmony.

— Gayle Forman

They've gone to great length to disguise the fact that I'm not in the band, even sending out a photo to promoters with my…

— Jello Biafra

The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks…

— Sid Bernstein

The logo is an identifier but it's also something that stands-in for who you are.

— Steven Heller

Maybe Radiohead and R.E.M. Even a group like the National - artists who have crossed over without compromising. It's a special thing.

— Guy Garvey