#record deal

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. ↗

— Norah Jones

#even #expect #expectations #first #get

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#deal #few #get #i #never

I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company. ↗

— Jay-Z

#because #beginning #businessman #ceo #company

I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I just was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and scrambling my whole life to then signing a six-record deal with Atlantic. ↗

— Jewel

#atlantic #back #birthdays #car #cause

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#deal #got #had #i #i am

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff. ↗

— Adam Rich

#band #biggest #deal #far #goes

When I signed a record deal, I was always told by execs I needed to be like everybody else, that I had to show my midriff, things that would take away from who I want to be as an artist. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#artist #away #deal #else #everybody

And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with the fact that what I was doing was going to be different, and I just had to wait until somebody was ready to jump on the bandwagon. ↗

— Lee Ann Womack

#around #bandwagon #be different #come #deal

I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style. ↗

— Lukas Haas

#had #houston #i #me #meet

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic. ↗

— Carly Simon

#eclectic #everyone #get #i #i tried