Art Quote by Todd Rundgren

In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as much as…

— Chuck D

Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become kind of…

— Arthur Fogel

Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.

— Irving Azoff

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people…

— Kevin Drew

I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all in live…

— Paul Young

Live performances make music important. Recording is cool and fun, and it's nice to document the thing you made, but the goal in my…

— Dan Deacon

I don't particularly love live performance of my music. I love writing and recording, but you can't make money off of that.

— Ben Rosenfield

In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for this promotion…

— Taylor Swift

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a…

— Eberhard Weber

Music is a business. You ain't gonna record with someone if it's not business, if it ain't gonna get you no money.

— Anuel AA

It takes a lot of money to make music and get it to people. It takes a lot of time to make a record…

— Grieves

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

— Alan Sparhawk