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There won't ever be a mass-market record industry again, and that's fine with me because that industry didn't operate for the benefit of the…

— Steve Albini

Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around.…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George

“The old music industry is dead. We’re standing in the ruins of a business built on private jets, Cristal, $18 CDs and million-dollar recording…

— Larry Wacholtz

Selling a million records used to be a big deal. I guess it's not anymore.

— Dusty Hill

When I was a youngster, I wrote all this music - it just came out of me - and I think record executives were…

— Fantastic Negrito

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

— Dee Snider

No one sells records anymore. It's all about touring. It's all greatest hits records and box sets. And even those don't sell. People just…

— Frank Stallone

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

— J. J. Cale

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they…

— Moby

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

— David Byrne

There is a strong demand for Michael Jackson's music and merchandise, and that will only increase as more material surfaces in the years following…

— Adam Kluger