Everything Quote by Phil Elverum

I feel like music should be recycled. You take what you get from whoever you get it from, and you put you in it.

— Scarface

That's something I've always been down with: creative commons and people being able to license their music and allow other people to reuse it…

— Girl Talk

When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want.

— Julia Holter

Music is everywhere - you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It's only fair.

— Jay-Z

I keep recycling and repackaging music that I've done in the past, as though I can't write anymore. Like, okay, I'm done with that.…

— Herbie Hancock

I like to take music from everywhere and put it in my style and let it be accepted.

— Flo Rida

I have tons of music stashed.

— Dr. Dre

I don't feel like songs should be hoarded. I don't feel like one's tainted if somebody else does it. That's the mark of artistry…

— Chris Stapleton

I'm a songwriter and producer, so I'm always wanting to make my own stuff, and not use anybody else's.

— Jonas Blue

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it…

— Ian MacKaye

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of…

— Gregory Harrison

You're not just making music for your personal use no more, just making music for your homies around you; you're making music for people…

— Tyga