Company Quote by Marian McPartland

As I look back, I understand what [the record company] was getting at. They were trying to market a record and make it as…

— Michael Buble

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

The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases…

— Jonathan Potter

Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future…

— Linda Perry

People aren't taking their time with the music no more. There's less quality in the records.

— Astro

And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by what radio…

— Juice Newton

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

You got to understand: when you go into a record company and give them a something that doesn't sound like what's on the radio,…

— Shaggy

What I saw in the record industry is it's just getting more restricted, more restricted, more restricted to where everyone's trying to figure out…

— Jimmy Iovine

Albums aren't even selling anymore and there's a reason for that. Record companies are just signing single and ring tone deals and it doesn't…

— Rahki

The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk - they…

— Tom Silverman

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

— J. J. Cale