“You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void.” EndsArtistLeftIndustryEmptyLeavingAccountabilityVoidEmpty Life Author:Stacie Orrico
“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really connect with the artist as much anymore, and you don't really understand where they are. I'm basically doing music that illustrates who I am and where I am in my life.” FeelsTryingRealArtistIndustryRight NowWho I AmFeel GoodIntimacyMusic Industry Author:Tristan Wilds
“MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.” PeopleWorldArtArtistActorsFashionIndustryInvolvedMusicianMtvArt WorldFashion Industry Author:Karlie Kloss
“The primary role of the music industry is to have artists be heard above the rest. It's a big needle in a haystack problem. The Internet has the service and tools to find the needle in a haystack.” ProblemBigsArtistRolesHeardIndustryInternetToolsPrimariesNeedlesMusic IndustryNeedle In A Haystack Author:Ali Partovi
“The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression.” MayMadeWarEndsArtistCultureGrowthFreedomExpressionIndustryArgumentBeing The BestParadoxCensorshipFreedom Of Expression Author:Michael Kimmelman
“No nation can be really great unless it is great in peace, in industry, integrity, honesty. Skilled intelligence in civic affairs and industrial enterprises alike; the special ability of the artist, the man of letters, the man of science, and the man of business; the rigid determination to wrong no man, and to stand for righteousness-all these are necessary in a great nation.” MenScienceArtistNationsAbilitySpecialHonestyHe ManIndustryIntegrityDeterminationLettersIntelligentAffairEnterpriseRighteousnessReally GreatCivicsGreat NationsHonesty Integrity Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals. Administration-Civil service Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals. Administration-Civil service
“I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I can be included in that category sometimes - that get frustrated feeling like maybe the industry has handcuffed itself, or trained its artists to do or think about music in a way that classically hasn't led to the greatest records in hip-hop.” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensI CanSometimesMomentsFeelingsArtistRecordsIndustryHip HopHipsHopsCategoriesFrustrated Author:El-P
“I think designers are starting to realize that we're all in the same industry. We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that designers aren't artists, but at the end of the day, we make clothes.” ThinkingWorldEndsArtistRealizingIndustryClothesStartingSavingDesignerThe End Of The DaySave The World Author:Joseph Altuzarra
“There's the obvious shift in the tech industry. I'm not really politicized about the whole thing, but it's definitely clear that rent is harder and it's harder for musicians or artists or someone not making a ton of money to live comfortably.” WholeArtistClearIndustryMusicianHarderObvious Author:Mikal Cronin
“When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did.” FirstsSaidArtistOrderDealsRecordsIndustryLabelsThey SaidMusic IndustryRecord Labels Author:Missy Elliot
“To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There are so many great artists out there. And the goal is to make great movies, you know? So to be successful, quality is the best business plan as I always say.” KnowsArtistGoalQualitySuccessfulPlayerPlansIndustryHealthyBeing SuccessfulGreat ArtGreat ArtistBusiness PlanBest Business Author:John Lasseter
“In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for this promotion or that exclusive deal. My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet...is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.” GivingYearsYoungArtistGirlAsksRealizingDealsIndustryMajorsDecidedArticlesPromotionExclusiveMusic IndustryHope For The Future Author:Taylor Swift
“I thought, 'Okay, what's going to be my edge, and how am I going to define what I'm doing differently?' Once I had that key idea of the software developer as an artist, once I had that idea, a whole bunch of other ideas flowed from that, because I realized that I need to go study the music industry, I need to study the book publishing and Hollywood and figure out how they do things, why they do them that way, and then I need to borrow, and rearrange, the things that they're doing to fit my industry so that I can invent and create this new industry.” WayNeedsI CanBookIdeasWholeArtistStudyFiguresKeysIndustryFitOkayHollywoodEdgesI RealizedBunchSoftwarePublishingMusic IndustryDevelopersBook Publishing Author:Trip Hawkins
“Humor is everything. Everything. Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me. In the music industry, any other artist would have looked at the situation I was in and thought, "Oh man, this is not for me." I looked at it more like Darwin exploring the Galápagos Islands. You know - survival of the fittest.” MenArtistSituationIndustrySurvivalIslandsExploringMusic IndustrySurvival Of The FittestGals Author:Pitbull