Music Industry Quotes - Page 3

• I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

  Monica Denise Brown

  Children, Years, Dedicated

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• The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of
  technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

  Artist, Technology, Player

  "Steve Jobs In Memoriam: Remembrances and Tributes". www.billboard.com. October 05, 2011.

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• My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.

  Romany Malco

  Art, Made, Critics

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• If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Idols, Ties, Judging

  "Neil Patrick Harris 'shattered dreams' on 'Idol'" by Whitney Pastorek, www.today.com. August 29, 2009.

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• Technological change is discontinuous. The monks in their scriptoria did not invent the printing press, horse breeders did not invent the motorcar, and the music industry did not invent the iPod or launch iTunes.

  Jason Epstein

  Horse, Technological Change, Ipods

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• I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really connect with the artist as much anymore, and you don't really understand where they are. I'm basically doing music that illustrates who I am and where I am in my life.

  Tristan Wilds

  Real, Artist, Who I Am

  "Meet 90201's Tristan Wilds!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. October 26, 2011.

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• I believe I could have had a career in the music industry without 'X Factor,' but it was an amazing platform that propelled me to where I am now.

  Leona Lewis

  Believe, Careers, Platforms

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

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• Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.

  Edward Felten

  Stress, Pressure, Digital

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• I feel pretty used by the music industry, in that my contracts are written in such a way that I don't get paid. And that makes me wanna quit working for whoever thinks it is that I work for them. But I've clearly got a job that I can't quit.

  Jamey Johnson

  Jobs, Thinking, Way

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• Everyone in the music industry is so fun and laid-back.

  Audrina Patridge

  Fun, Laid Back, Industry

  Interview with Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. May 8, 2008.

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• I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years using his body, why can't I be in the music industry for 50 years using my brain when my brain is way stronger than anyone's body?' I have to have a successful record company, more hit records. I want to dominate the game.

  Rico Love

  Successful, Years, Nba

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• It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists.

  Daniel Ek

  Artist, People, Diversity

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• When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry.

  Jenni Rivera

  Mother, Artist, Doors

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• It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

  Book, Ipads, Interesting

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• The fact that file sharing goes on, and is as popular as it is, is an incredibly positive thing for the music industry. The fact is that music is so popular that people are willing to break the law to get it.

  Dave Rowntree

  Law, People, Goes On

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• I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.

  Queen Latifah

  Thinking, Way, West

  "Queen Latifah: 'Joyful Noise' Role Brings Her Closer to God". Interview with Kelly Mahan, theboombox.com. January 4, 2012.

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• There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

  Daniel Ek

  People, Way, Months

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• The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  People, Entertainment, Spats

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• Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something coming down the line like in the music industry.

  Richard D. Zanuck

  Technology, Way, Sides

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• The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.

  Vanessa Carlton

  Ballet, World, Easy

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

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• The music industry is a vicious business. It chews women up and spits them out.

  Tori Amos

  Spit, Vicious, Industry

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• Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback artist.

  Jewel

  Artist, Anomalies, Able

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• Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

  Rodney King

  Nice, Guy, Firsts

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

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• I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

  Adam Lambert

  Thinking, Competition, Transition

  "Adam Lambert talks new album, 'Idol' knock-offs". Interview With Derrik J. Lang, www.yahoo.com. May 14, 2012.

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• L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

  Sheryl Crow

  Nashville, Community, Feels

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