Come Quote by Joe Satriani

I naturally make commercial music: it's never been a calculated decision to make pop music. I'm a genuine pop music fan.

— MNEK

I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily…

— Courtney Barnett

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

— Boy George

It's not my concern to make a commercial pop record. I want to make a record of music that I would listen to, that…

— Crystal Bowersox

When you are a commercial music artist, your music depends on your popularity.

— Rhiannon Giddens

Every artist obviously wants to sell a million records and do the MTV cribs thing, but I'm realistic.

— JD Era

People have always said that I could have been a highly successful pop artist, if only that were my intention. It never was. My…

— Todd Rundgren

Real music is what I consider to be uncorporatized music, the music that just happens. I feel like that's not a very well-known thing.

— Frank Fairfield

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

— Mary J. Blige

I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in…

— Ry Cooder

Commercial music is music that a lot of people connect to at the same time, but that doesn't mean it has to be something…

— Robyn

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

— J. J. Cale