Business Quote by Norman Granz

I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.

— Pat Travers

The record business sucks!

— Tionne Watkins

I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and…

— Bob Newhart

I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep…

— Enya

I ran out of steam and patience and so I quit. I really didn't want to make another record. I'd had it with the…

— John Waite

You used to make records, record companies sold them, and people went to record stores and bought them. That's all gone now.

— Joe Walsh

Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.

— Waylon Jennings

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.

— Erykah Badu

My real life helped me sell a lot of records.

— The Notorious B.I.G

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

— Don Henley

I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye.

— Patsy Cline

I couldn't afford to go to the record store to buy new tapes, so I'd tape everything off the radio. Just hit record when…

— Stephen Jackson