Artist Quote by Linda Perry

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

— Steve Stoute

We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets the artist…

— Tony Bennett

To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained,…

— Tom Corson

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

— Mos Def

Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around.…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

It's understandable that the music companies that are comprised of people that are successful by making good creative decisions - they have to decide…

— Steve Jobs

And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want…

— Patrick Carney

Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone [in the…

— David Vanian

There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they…

— Pras Michel

I think for us, we don't feel like the future of music is in the act of being a record company. We feel like…

— Zac Hanson

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick…

— John Otway

One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that simple fact…

— Moby