Deal Quote by Maren Morris

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

— Shelby Lynne

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience…

— Bryan Ferry

I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get my record…

— Trent Reznor

I didn't even have a record player as a kid, so everything was down to radio.

— Rory Gallagher

Playing music was something I wanted to do since I was 11 years old, so when we went on tour and started selling records,…

— Mike McCready

When I was 19 I had a record deal.

— DJ Premier

Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need…

— Kenny Rogers

I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me…

— Frank Ocean

I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation.

— Paolo Nutini

No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.

— Nas

By the time 1997 had rolled around, I had been in the music business for all my life, from the age of 15. I…

— Eric Carmen

I'd sold more records than any other person in history with one album, at that point, in '76. It became a very scary place…

— Peter Frampton