Back Quote by Syd

I think, actually, I was the first person to ever sign a simultaneous video and recording deal with a record company.

— Toni Basil

I charge by the hour, or I am on a retainer. We try to work with the client.

— Judy Smith

I was a general contractor when I was paying for my first record.

— Grace Potter

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

Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he…

— Brownie McGhee

As long as you're recording and they pay the fee, it's like a lottery ticket. You never stop trying.

— Tiny Tim

It could be the old man I see at the store or the chick I see walking down the block. Normal people that are…

— Mic Geronimo

One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for…

— Trent Reznor

I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't…

— Jamie Cullum

By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.

— Tommy Lee

They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger and maybe…

— Damien Rice

For the vast majority of my adult life, I was a freelance writer, forever scrambling for work that paid an insulting non-amount.

— Jen Sincero