Music Industry Quotes - Page 5

• I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn real fast that the music industry, in the beginning, you're not going to get paid for a while, and then you start getting the accolades.

  Ester Dean

  Song, Real, Accolades

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In the music industry, you are in competition with everyone.

  Mandy Moore

  Competition, Industry

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• I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to know myself as a grown-up.

  Tove Styrke

  Time Away, Needed, Knows

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The music industry is rolling in cash...

  Jessica Pare

  Rolling, Cash, Industry

  "Q&A: Jessica Paré on the Mad Men Theories". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2013.

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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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• So much is filtered by pop music today, because the music industry is driven by single, single, single, single, the next single, not the nurturing of artists and that kind of thing.

  Paul Weller

  Artist, Today, Next

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are the boss and to have people act on your instructions and take you seriously. Like you call up people who are working for you and say, "I'd like to see such-and-such document," and they tell you that you don't need it. Then you have to spend time convincing them that it doesn't matter whether they think you need it or not, they're supposed to hand it to you.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Thinking, Hands, People

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• I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other up because of the internet tools. And the really top-down pyramid scheme of major labels and typical superstars isn't sustainable anymore because the system has collapsed.

  Amanda Palmer

  Thinking, Top Down, Pyramid Schemes

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I know that women in the music industry get treated a lot differently than men. I've seen it firsthand with somebody in particular, where it's almost that men like to treat women in the music industry like they can't make their own decisions.

  Patrick Carney

  Men, Decision, Treats

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I definitely don't have a music industry goal because I've done that and completed that work. My quest is to find new platforms for music to live. Once we do that and find different ways of getting music to people, whether that's 5000 or 1 million people, I'll feel successful. I want to make sure I'm adding something to the marketplace, so that's my goal.

  Chuck Harmony

  Successful, People, Goal

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• [Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

  Russell Simmons

  Artist, People, Events

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• You know I really don't like to think about the fact that I'm a girl in relation to the music industry. I was just a kid who wrote down thoughts to organize her brain and that turned into music, like any other writer or musician... so, I happen to be a girl. I don't consider that part of it really.. It may disappoint some feminists out there that I don't want to harp on women and men being equal.

  Lacey Mosley

  Girl, Kids, Men

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• Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

  Billy Gibbons

  People, Reggae, Awareness

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.

  Melissa Manchester

  Technology, Singers, Firsts

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• The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term aims & limited attention span, and do incredibly stupid things while things blow up. Apart from things blowing up, this is just like the music industry.

  Robert Fripp

  Stupid, Blow, People

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• I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money.

  Jens Lekman

  Thinking, Becoming, Making Money

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.

  Daniel Ek

  The End Of The Day, Want, Today

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• I feel like there isn't as much mystery to music anymore. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. There definitely is no seperation anymore. Your connection with your fans is like two clicks away on a phone with a Twitter or a blog. I think that's a good thing. It's a new music industry. You're really connected with your fans.

  Jason Wade

  Thinking, Two, Phones

  Source: www.fanbolt.com

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• I don't know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business. Most of what was released has always been garbage and some has been able to get through and last. I don't know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn't as efficient. The music industry was more oddball guys who did it for fun and now they are huge corporations that have become more structured.

  Adam Schlesinger

  Fun, Years, Guy

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• The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything viable by the music industry. I figured that this might be another shot at the industry looking at the possibilities of house music and giving it a little bit more legitimacy than what they give it. It's a host of different things, but it's something that I needed to say musically.

  Frankie Knuckles

  Giving, House, Quality

  Interview with Ron Slomowicz, notabledance.com. August 31, 2004.

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• As we all know, the internet is not a true friend of the music industry yet, but technology is slowly changing that. Soon it will work right for all involved.

  Ronan Keating

  True Friend, Technology, Internet

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• No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.

  Charlie Worsham

  Kids, Play, Doe

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• I think the sports industry and the music industry are all tied in together.

  SonReal

  Sports, Thinking, Together

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• You know what we pride ourselves on that - although I wouldn't mind if my backside was a little smaller. But look at the original divas... take Aretha Franklin for example - I've seen her live in the States and she was mammoth, but she had that crowd under control and they doted on every movement she made! We're not little midgets but the music industry is not about that, it's about loving the music and respecting what you do.

  Kate DeAraugo

  Pride, Mind, Looks

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• I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.

  Melanie Fiona

  Artist, Keys, Female

  "Melanie Fiona Looks Forward To 'Empowering' Tour With Alicia Keys" by Steven Roberts, www.mtv.com. January 08, 2010.

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