Quotes About Industry

I look at radio as gone … Piracy is the new radio, that's how music gets around.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.

Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine.

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

The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.

If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?

Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear.

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can't imagine doing anything else.

The music business would be much better, for the youth and the kids, if they start hiring employees that understand the kids.

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

I like to think illegal downloads only do real damage to the endless amounts of careless pop music though.

One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?