Cool Quote by Steve Harwell

I don't want to have to talk to a lawyer if I want to jam with someone or if I want to sing on…

— Hank Williams III

If I have one piece of advice for anyone going into music, it would be this: Never, ever give anyone the power of attorney.

— Jani Lane

I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and…

— Ryan Adams

Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from…

— Noah Baumbach

I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.

— Estelle

I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when I might…

— Stephin Merritt

When I used to sit in the office with Jay Z and L.A. Reid... we would negotiate back and forth and discuss music. You're…

— Rick Ross

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

I've dealt with a record label in the past.

— Jack Conte

I used to cold call labels and pretend I was one of their artist's attorneys. I'd say, 'This is Jay-Z's attorney, we need to…

— Benny Blanco

I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

— Jeff Healey

I became a recording artist before I knew it. And I just - when I would listen to my old records, I'd just hear…

— John Prine