Business Quote by Scott Borchetta

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

— Billy Sherwood

In 1985, I went to work for MTM Records, Mary Tyler Moore's Nashville record label, and stayed three years. After that, I spent two…

— Scott Borchetta

My father was a musician, a songwriter and he played at bars and restaurants and my mom was a secretary for an insurance company.

— Pedro Capo

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father…

— Alexa Ray Joel

I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

— Tony Bennett

I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the promotions department…

— Nicki Chapman

I had a recording contract with Capitol Records. I loved recording and being in that studio. I made four albums.

— George Chakiris

I have been with the record company and Tommy was there doing records with other people.

— Al Jarreau

I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old.

— Steve Stoute

Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because I keep…

— Ornette Coleman

When my dad retired, he moved to Georgia, but I stayed in California. I was in San Francisco: that's where I first went from…

— Zaytoven

I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.

— Arlo Guthrie