Quotes About Music

Everyone faces challenges from the fierce competition as well as the manipulative crooks that are rampant throughout the music business.

I would like to get nominated for a Grammy, but I don't set out to do that anymore, though, 'cause I never felt like I got my just due in the business, period anyway.

The Internet has killed the traditional record business, but it's given back in the way of instant access.

There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

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.

I've withdrawn many times.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.

The internet is a great thing but the worst thing that it brought to the music business was piracy and it's made making stuff available really difficult.

I knew about the music. I got that part but I wanted to know the business, I wanted to know about royalties, how people got paid, producers and stuff like that so I read all those books like twice.

Rapping's a release of the good and the bad - that's the definition of hyphy. You can't be like that, you can't get hyphy in, like, a business environment. I can be me. I'm energy. Hyphy is energy.

Even for the people in the business who are real music lovers it's really about putting things in the right boxes, and my style doesn't fit into a box.

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault.

The more years you put behind you, hopefully making music that surpasses what you did before, you're playing bigger places and it kind of weirdly becomes a business.

There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.

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.

Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.

The one person who's disappeared out of the business is the A&R man. Because the listener at home becomes the A&R man. He's the one who chooses what tracks he wants on the album. And that's cool.

I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner Overdrive's 'Taking Care Or Business' - you'll feel better.

My names John Bonham, I'm a drummer and I'm potty about cars.

This is my 1963 Ford. It was the only car I could A-Ford.

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.

When you're walking down the street or in the car just listening to the radio, and you're, like , 'Oh, that's my song.' You want to say, 'Hey Mom!' That never changes.