Deal Quote by Mabel

I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't…

— Jamie Cullum

I didn't sign a record deal; I didn't do any of that. I made my record independently, and I went out and hit the…

— Aubrie Sellers

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

— Tinie Tempah

All of my songwriting success happened within a four month time span, and my record label deal happened within the next three months.

— Bibi Bourelly

I had a publishing deal way before I had a record deal.

— Cole Swindell

I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted…

— Brian McKnight

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

That first record, I wrote before I had a record deal.

— Carly Pearce

“artist now!” It’s more like, “We’ll see how well you do and then maybe you’ll get some royalties if you have a hit album.”…

— Mara Altman

I made the record, and I sent it over to Jay Brown, who was working on Rihanna's album. He was like, "Send me that…

— Bryce Wilson

I always said, if I got a record deal, I'd want to record the best songs I could, whether I wrote them or not.

— Cole Swindell