Action Quote by Mickey Gilley

Basically, as everybody that has had a taste of the record business knows, they are gangsters and crooks.

— Steve Miller

In reality, there's a limit to putting a record out yourself. When it comes to working with major record companies in the context of…

— Kevin Shields

In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's…

— Patrick Carney

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can…

— Al Jourgensen

When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record…

— Paolo Nutini

If you don't have a record deal, you've got to be a record company.

— Mary Gauthier

Record companies are like cat breeders who find a breed they can make some money off of, in-breed it until it's sickly and dying…

— Michael Penn

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

— Paul Shaffer

Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get…

— George Clinton

It's not like it used to be where everybody has a record company to belong to.

— Edwin Starr

In my experience as a record producer, the people who most get involved are the people from independent labels who feel they have more…

— Andy Gill

That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record…

— Roger McGuinn