Art Quote by Marianne Elliott

I think that every artist - or anybody that's in business - could benefit from a direct-to-consumer strategy, so I think that that applies…

— Nipsey Hussle

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

Our business model rises or falls on our ability to serve the artists. If others can do it better, the artists will go elsewhere.

— Michael Rapino

“If [modern artists] hadn’t lobbied for endless subsidies, they would have starved or been forced to go to work long ago. Because the ordinary…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

Why is the industry engineered to keep the artists in debt?

— Jadakiss

Honestly, I really can't speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because…

— Travis Scott

In general, I don't feel artists should need producers.

— Kip Winger

And with this sort of increased visibility, there's more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who…

— Adrian Tomine

You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.

— Jimmy Iovine

Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.

— Chrissie Hynde

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

— John Maeda

Hopefully this is going to be a trend, the beginning of a movement to reclaim theater for the artist and not commerce. I think…

— Lynn Nottage