Art Quote by Roy Ayers

When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record…

— Paolo Nutini

Concerning iTunes, the deals have mainly been done with the record companies. But the artists, with some exceptions, haven't been very well-represented. This is…

— Peter Gabriel

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

My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company…

— Nile Rodgers

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

In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's…

— Patrick Carney

Putting out compilation records, buying the right to music is incredibly complicated. You have to find the writer of the song and the publisher…

— John Waters

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

— Lady Gaga

It's always boiled down to the quality of your music and the quality of your deal with whoever's distributing your music: There are artists…

— Troy Carter

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

— Steve Stoute

I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in…

— Mary J. Blige

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.

— Gus Van Sant