Quotes of: Record-business Keyword

Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what's going on. We have a new record out; if we won't tour, the new record dies. It's reality - it's what business is nowadays. You just need to tour to sell...

Kerry King

We were not given any statistics as to how many records were pressed on the blue label. I used to ask Bob Shad how we were going to get paid from record sales and what I got for an answer was not to worry about the business end of the deal.

Phil Harris

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

Herb Alpert

I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business.

John Oates

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

Nile Rodgers

Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both current and catalog. The touring industry has become much more important as a majority reven...

Irving Azoff

You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.

Simon Le Bon

As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my voice for that purpose.

Sinead O'Connor

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, th...

Joe Nichols

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just ...

Jeremy Renner

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

Don Henley

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.

Ariel Rechtshaid

Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business.

Henry Rollins

I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.

Michael Hastings

Everything that God wants to say to you is recorded in your Bible…straight from His heart to yours.

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A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.

John Mellencamp

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.

Eberhard Weber

I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.

Glenn Frey

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

Paul Shaffer

We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album.

Rick Allen

The record labels used to spend money on advertising, and social media has replaced that entirely - it's putting magazines out of business. It's put big companies into completely reinventing their strategies.

Steve Aoki