Conflict Quote by Stephin Merritt

I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about what I…

— Dr. John

I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with…

— Klaus Schulze

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

— Jill Sobule

When you're a musician and you release an album, you have to accept the criticism - and I accept it! But it's something I'll…

— Anthony Gonzalez

I'm in a place where the audience doesn't have control over my love for the music. In the past I was waiting on the…

— Andrew Ripp

I don't like to criticize music and I had a really hard time picking out the song I hate for this because I end…

— Margaret Cho

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them…

— Randy Newman

To me, it is all about churning out good music. But, criticisms, which are personal, hurt of course.

— Ananya Birla

I had people telling me how much I sucked and how bad my music was, but I didn't allow that to discourage me to…

— Poo Bear

In the music business, there's a lot of criticism and rejection. If you embrace it, you'll be better off when the adjustment comes.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did,…

— Graham Parker

I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.

— Earl Sweatshirt