#record companies

When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music for free, who would want to buy a record in a record shop? But I think we all agree that radio stations are good stuff. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#buy #companies #could #free #good

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records. ↗

— Mos Def

#bottom #bottom line #companies #dream #got

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people. ↗

— Enrique Iglesias

#because #been #before #companies #company

There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#enough #enough people #kind #people #record

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#commercial #companies #enough #had #long

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#good #intentions #musician #perspective #record

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. ↗

— Marian McPartland

#because #commercial #companies #i #i think

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission. ↗

— Prince

#artists #called #companies #compulsory #law

I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster. ↗

— Dave Rowntree

#companies #due #evidence #i #lost

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.' ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#american idol #been #companies #different #far