Music Business Quotes

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.

Who would want to break into [the music business]? It's like a bank that's already been robbed.

My advice to anyone wanting to get into the music business, is always be ready to learn and remain humble.

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.

The only way to get ahead in the music business these days is to call up all your friends. To pool your resources.

The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for us. That can obviously be exaggerated when you're a female.

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.

I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.

You will have to look a long way before you find a bunch of scum-suckers more greedy, humourless and deserving of death than the suits in the music business.

It will be only a matter of time before the music business establishment completely folds.

When I was touring and spending so much time on the bus, I realized that I actually knew very little about the industry that I'm in so I set out to educate myself on the music business.

I tell people I'm big in the music business like a barnacle is big in shipping.

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

Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music.

It's time to respect yourself and your dream, both truly deserve that respect. be the person you would do anything for. Be the person you will not let down.

Find something you love and go for it with all your heart. No excuses, no plan B. Never settle for anything less than you know you can do.It will be hard, but I promise it will be worth it.

Your mistakes aren’t learning experiences…if you aren’t learning from them.

The Cream Does NOT Always Rise To The Top! There is a serious misconception, misconnection and mistake in this idea of thinking.

Sure, there are little victories here and there that may seem like lucky breaks, but luck is simply when preparation meets opportunity.

The nature of the music business is such that it's better to have a few chances for some things to be successful than just one, and that's kind of been my attitude all along.