Bad Quote by Paul Young

There's a lot of artists whose contracts are written in such a way that they do not get paid for what's happening on streaming…

— Sean Parker

Some people see streaming as a bad thing because of the royalty amount paid, but as more and more people get on these services…

— Ryan Merchant

In America we're in this awful situation, and you know, I hardly get any royalties anymore because music is just stolen from the internet.

— Terry Bozzio

The problem for most artists isn't piracy, it's obscurity.

— Tim O'Reilly

I really believe that if I make records that are indispensable to my audience, they'll go out and spend money to buy them, even…

— Steve Earle

Ability to download music for free might not be positive for the artists to get royalties, but in some ways it's still good that…

— Afrika Bambaataa

This is a turf battle. They are saying, 'The songwriters aren't getting paid.' Baloney. Songwriters are getting paid. They're paid sync rights and (mechanical)…

— Jonathan Potter

So when a music artist puts an album out that can only be streamed, not downloaded, what happens? In Kanye West's case, apparently it…

— Audie Cornish

Just because my song was being played on the radio didn't mean I had a load of money. You don't get royalties overnight.

— Tones and I

Piracy doesn't hurt an artist unless the artist puts out a bad album.

— Eminem

I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.

— Prince

Unfortunately, I think music videos are a dying breed because there is no money in them.

— Romain Gavras