#record companies

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

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

It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder. ↗

— John Belushi

#everything #false #get #harder #heat

I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#been #companies #give #give me #i

The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their first debut on a recording. These are all things that big record companies would never touch because there is no money in it! ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#all things #because #big #companies #company

People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me. ↗

— Adam Ant

#companies #company #destroyed #did #i

I think everyone should sell whatever product they want to sell for whatever price they want to sell it for, but ultimately the market will dictate what it is and people will have to charge less money for everything. Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they're in. ↗

— Frank Black

#charge #companies #dictate #everyone #everything

Those record companies don't know what's happening at all. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#happening #know #record #record companies #those

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#companies #contributing #cultural #culture #death