Business Quote by John Oates Download Open image “Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.” — John Oates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Funny swimming Hard Hard things Music Music business Swimming Swimming upstream
The music business is like an ocean. It's filled with sharks and if you jump in naively, you're going to get bitten. What I… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it. — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I think just the music industry sometimes is a very tough business. But still, if it's just something you just love dearly, you really… — Tiffany Villarreal Copy Share Image
The landscape of the music business has changed and I definitely have to take advantage of that. — Xzibit Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can't imagine doing anything else. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. — John Oates Copy Share Image
'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to… — John Oates Copy Share Image
If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome! — John Oates Copy Share Image
I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business. — John Oates Copy Share Image
Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened. — John Oates Copy Share Image
When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was… — John Oates Copy Share Image
When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great… — John Oates Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. — Sunil Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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