Artist Quote by John Schlesinger

Being on United Artists was almost as bad as not being on any label at all. They were the crappiest in the business. All…

— Don McLean

United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was... to make an album. And they…

— John Astin

Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to…

— Madeleine Peyroux

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Sometimes we were really surprised. There were major artists that would come by because they wanted to.

— Jancee Dunn

Directors love to do music, they've been doing that all along.

— Melvin Van Peebles

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting…

— Zacky Vengeance

I know that the fans are also very responsible for an artist's success and feel like they deserve to be recognized.

— Chamillionaire

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.

— Art Alexakis

I'm always in awe of directors because they're just holding so much stuff in the air. They've got so many decisions that they need…

— Dominic Cooper

I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

— Nicolas Roeg