Art Quote by Jimmy Iovine

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a…

— Branford Marsalis

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

— Steve Stoute

You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people.

— Jimmy Iovine

I would love the record industry to be more receptive to my music but all they are interested in is style over content.

— Leo Sayer

In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music…

— Annie Lennox

The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller and smaller.…

— Joey McIntyre

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are…

— Phil Collins

Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone [in the…

— David Vanian

One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that simple fact…

— Moby

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

— Mos Def

Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future…

— Linda Perry