Deal Quote by Taylor Swift

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

— Vince Gill

If you don't have a record deal, you've got to be a record company.

— Mary Gauthier

I just want to be a better guitar player, really.

— Colin Hay

I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives…

— Erol Alkan

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore.

— Leslie West

So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal…

— Jane Siberry

The record companies don't give you a chance, like in the old days when they went, 'Here's a pile of money. Go make a…

— Till Lindemann

At some point, I'd like to make a record that's more of a self-serving guitar album, because I really love to play. It's not…

— Jason Isbell

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

— Taylor Swift

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

I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do…

— Andy Summers