Art Quote by Mara Altman

If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if…

— Henry Rollins

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

— Lady Gaga

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

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

— Bebe Rexha

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for…

— Jo Stafford

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

I finally realized that so much of the music world is about how much money you've got, how much you can pay to make…

— Patrick Wolf

I have so many records put away now, it was just a matter of picking 13 songs and selling it. It was all these…

— Akon

I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get a record…

— Jay-Z

When you go pick out my album, the money actually comes to me and my company directly.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I did albums for Cash Money. I didn't do singles - I did whole albums for Cash Money - and at the end of…

— Mannie Fresh

I got a record label and I got a couple artists signed. All of them got real-deal.

— Young Dolph