Art Quote by Mos Def

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George

I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans…

— Robert Hilburn

If you let record companies mold you into what they think you should be, your career won't last no matter how good your music…

— B-Real

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people…

— Kevin Drew

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

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

— J. J. Cale

I'm very hard on myself as an artist to begin with, so I personally don't even think I have the proper chops to sell…

— Ashleigh Murray

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

— Herb Alpert

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

The first two major label records I did what I wanted to do. It wasn't a problem until after I finished my part. They…

— Van Hunt

I want to be an artist, not be in the business of making hit records. Once I figured that out, everything became clear.

— Fantastic Negrito

I'm not interested in artistic records for the sake of making artistic records where they're so cool no one listens to them.

— Lari White