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• I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the '60s.

  Al Kooper

  Reality, Broadway, Firsts

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• I was blessed. I had a great childhood and great parents that loved music and family. I moved from England when I was almost 18 and been on my own ever since and have been trying to make a living in the music business for the past twelve years. A lot of people say I'm an overnight success, but it's an overnight success that's been twelve years in the making.

  Bo Bice

  Blessed, Past, Years

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• If I don't make music I'm going back to the hood. I'll sell crack. I'm gonna go back to sell crack if I can't make it in the music business and that's what I was doing before that.

  Curtis Jackson

  Cracks, Hood, Ifs

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• I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.

  Joe Rogan

  Running, Moving, Simple

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 20, 2014.

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• New generations have unprecedented power to make great changes. Take the music business for example. The new generations have toppled the music industry by file sharing, downloading, and Myspace. Rock 'n' roll belongs to the people.

  Patti Smith

  Rocks, People, Rock N Roll

  Source: the-talks.com

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• I'm just trying to survive and stay relevant! That's all anyone in the music business can ask for.

  Christopher Tin

  Trying, Relevant, Asks

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• When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose the gym.

  Tony Parsons

  Dying, Ends, Journalist

  "What I see in the mirror" by Tony Parsons, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2010.

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• I don't envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.

  Aimee Mann

  Careers, Envy, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've withdrawn many times. Part of me is a monk, and part a performing flea! The fear in the music business is that you don't exist if you're not at Xenon with Andy Warhol.

  John Lennon

  Xenon, Fleas, Monk

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• I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

  Mary J. Blige

  People, Labels, Talent

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• Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a song, it takes a lot of determination, it takes some kind of thick skin.

  John Legend

  Song, Determination, Writing

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.

  Billy Joel

  Teacher, Impact, Trying

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business!

  Christopher Tin

  Dedication, Careers, Watches

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• Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.

  James Brown

  Names, Helping, Moses

  "James Brown Gets Funky in Shanghai", www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2006.

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• I'm definitely an anomaly, but I'm making things. They're selling, say, martinis, and I'm kind of making vintage Riesling. People aren't going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They'd rather just have the martini.

  Ben Folds

  Average, Vintage, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Get into the music business. This is the business that you have absolutely no requirements. You listen to music, you need no college degree.

  Curtis Jackson

  College, Degrees, Needs

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• I was 13 and my mom was a librarian so I told her to check out every music book she could possibly find. I wanted to know the business part of being in the music business.

  Juicy J

  Mom, Book, Librarian

  Source: www.deathandtaxesmag.com

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• I definitely want my career to continue to branch out. I've had the pleasure of working in different areas of entertainment, from being in the music business as a teenager in a girl group to doing Broadway.

  Naturi Naughton

  Girl, Teenager, Careers

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in a racket. There's no way you can get involved in a racket and not someway be filthied by it.

  Steve Albini

  Mainstream Culture, Way, Racket

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• You will have to look a long way before you find a bunch of scum-suckers more greedy, humourless and deserving of death than the suits in the music business.

  Terry Pratchett

  Long, Looks, Scum

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• My skin is an art gallery right, with paintings and crucifixes hoping to save me from all the dangers in the music business

  Nas

  Art, Skins, Painting

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• I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

  Jeff Healey

  Way, Connected, Involved

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• The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.

  Stevie Nicks

  Country, Names, Rocks

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• My brother started in the music business, and I was an actor - we were both in the entertainment industry, but doing separate things. Then he went over to New Line and started their soundtrack department, that's how he got his foot in the door.

  Noah Emmerich

  Brother, Doors, Feet

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.

  Tom Petty

  Looks, Care, Tvs

  ""Tom Petty Is Pissed"". Rolling Stone, October 23, 2002.

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