Art Quote by Prince

Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word, slavery.

— Prince

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

— Lady Gaga

I do see a lot of young artists who write records or sacrifice records, because there are a lot of older artists who are…

— Rick Ross

Now we know that, the way contracts are set up, it's not really made for artists to get rich from selling records - that's…

— Lisa Lopes

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for…

— Jo Stafford

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

In the record business, if you sign an artist that don't really know too much about the business, you can really get over on…

— YG

In this age when people expect to get their music for free, we have to work out how we can protect the rights of…

— Clive Davis

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

— Alan Sparhawk

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

— Boy George

A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.

— John Mellencamp

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