80s Quote by John Mellencamp

I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

— Tony Bennett

All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like…

— Steve Winwood

This was early '90s and in New York hip-hop was coming on really strong; that was the sort of urban folk music that was…

— Lee Ranaldo

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.

— Gary Wright

There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them…

— Beck

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

— Jimmy Iovine

Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because I keep…

— Ornette Coleman

My most successful album happened back in the mid-'90s, pre-Internet times, with 'Songs For A Blue Guitar.' We were supported by Island Records; we…

— Mark Kozelek

You always have those artists where they release one great record and then they're gone. But we achieved this overwhelmingly positive and massive acceptance…

— Richard Carpenter

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

— Boy George

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They made sure…

— Philip Bailey