Great Quote by Ron Mael

Commercial success won't come to us from a change in the music. It will gradually be the result of a change in the appetite…

— Black Thought

For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury.

— Wim Wenders

There is music out there that is commercially driven, whether you like it or not. That's a peculiarly American innovation. We innovated the commercial…

— Rhiannon Giddens

We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all kinds of…

— Steve Buscemi

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

— Elvis Costello

There's certainly no doubt that commercialism has entered classical music to such a degree that almost no one seems to care anymore about the…

— Stephen Hough

In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor…

— Robert Shaw

There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.

— John McLaughlin

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing…

— Colin Meloy

The musical culture in the United States has no doubt suffered severe setbacks, especially in funding, since the early 2000's. However, I've been amazed…

— Michael Hersch

Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for…

— Jerry Harrison

I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way…

— Charlie Hunter