#cord

When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because that's what sells records and then you realize, 'All I have to do is be myself? I should have thought of that a long time ago,' it feels good to have success come from what's actually inside of you. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#ago #because #britney #britney spears #come

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#good #i #liked #material #mediocre

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #books #find #go #i

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#angeles #as far as #band #been #columbia

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #each #fire #lights #optimism

The release date is just one day, but the record is forever. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#day #forever #just #just one #one day

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#big #early #first #guy #had

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#artists #comes #contract #dates #had

Commodity prices are at a record high. In 1933, the world's population was just over 2 billion people. Today, there are 7 billion mouths to feed - many of them depending on American agriculture. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#american #billion #commodity #depending #feed

There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human. ↗

— Layne Staley

#being #being human #deep #few #huge