Around Quote by Trent Reznor

Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak that happens…

— Trent Reznor

You can't control it once you turn it into the label, so there's the expectation that it'll leak a week before the album comes…

— Lupe Fiasco

I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't do that…

— John Darnielle

As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.

— Johnny Mathis

You wait for months or half a year to put the record out and thats always the hard part for me because Im pretty…

— Colter Wall

Today on social media, you can release anything and everybody will hear it. Back in the day, that was your only outlet, getting a…

— Keith Sweat

I can't wait until the record label feels like it's time for my album to come out, and then just disappear.

— Donnis

Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.

— Billy Gibbons

I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them.

— Les Baxter

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

Back in the day, if someone at the record label didn't care or like your music, it never got to the public. It just…

— Jennifer Holliday

It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record…

— Matthew Sweet