Case Quote by Julian Lennon

I went to college to find myself. That's where I really realized I wanted to be a recording artist and started on the process…

— Raheem DeVaughn

I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.

— Estelle

It's a different thing when you go into a studio and you record with the intent of going somewhere and you're marketing yourself for…

— Ben E. King

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to…

— Agnes Obel

I don't really record in studios because I feel like it's not that much of a difference.

— Jackson Wang

I think it was a natural step to start recording my own music.

— McCoy Tyner

There's timing. And then there's also certain people at the record company who worked incredibly hard and were incredibly enthusiastic about what I was…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

I always thought that I would have a recording career.

— Joely Fisher

I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in…

— Jonny Lang

Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have…

— Brian Setzer

It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always making up…

— Stephen Malkmus

I learned that being sort of legitimately recognized by a legitimate and traditional recording academy, it made people look at us a bit differently.…

— Tucker Halpern