Quotes About Industry

When I was 17 years old, I was in the music business.

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

If jazz education in our colleges were free to all it would provide thousands of good jobs in the music industry which has been taken over by corrupt millionaires and billionaires.

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

I'd fired anyone who was involved with Creed. I didn't want anything to do with the music business. The entire press and industry hated me, so what was the point?

The music business is strictly business.

Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.

I think Sean Parker damaged the music business with Napster.

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage

Music is a big machine that would go on with or without me.

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

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.

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.

But right now we have an advantage of being the number one in music.

I'm against people downloading music.

The music business is just the worst as far as Machiavellian, sharky, evil games going on, as far as manipulation.

I'm trying to give people the chance to put out their music without the bullshit pressures of other labels.

Real music doesn't always win Grammys

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.

The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen.'

Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.