“In fine arts, when you make a painting, it's just a painting. But if you make a painting in the entertainment industry, it can be an album cover or a t-shirt or a logo. I like that entertainment has this usefulness - that it's ultimately trying to make a bunch of people feel something, and to think about life and be able to use things that were so simple and direct but potentially have a really powerful effect.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsTryingArtUseAbleSimplePowerfulEffectsPaintingFineIndustryDirectAlbumsEntertainmentBunchShirtsT ShirtUsefulnessFine ArtsEntertainment IndustryLogosReally PowerfulAlbum Covers Author:Andrew W.K.
“In the music industry, it's pretty easy to make an album just because you want to keep going, like, 'This is the formula.' But the formula is your life. You have to live your life and you have to live it well - that's the formula.” WantWellsEasyIndustryAlbumsKeep GoingFormulasLive Your LifeMusic Industry Author:Angel Olsen
“What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.” WantWritingDoePlayInterestingMediaIndustryIndependentRadioAlbumsMusic IndustrySomething Interesting Author:Ani DiFranco
“This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do not have the time to do the album. It is an energy, it must be present in everyday life.” WantEnergyIndustryEverydayAlbumsRapEveryday LifeDeck Author:Young Thug
“I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.” WayWantIndustrySlaveAlbums Author:Ziggy Marley
“Pop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett for their big hits. You know, most of the budget for the record companies in those days went to the classical department - and those were big budget albums.” KnowsStillsBigsCompanyRecordsIndustryAlbumsPopsBudgetsDepartmentFrankIgnoredSeventiesRecord Companies Author:Tony Visconti
“I had a period after touring the first record where I didn't agree with the way things worked in the music industry as far as how you release music, demand, the pace of everything. You don't know who's talking to you. Who's Spotify? Who's iTunes? Who are all those bloggers? Who says I have to do this? Why do you have to do all this press? Why do I have to do so many shows? Why do I have to do a regular album right now? I don't understand it.” KnowsWayFirstsShowsTalkingRecordsIndustryPeriodsRight NowDemandAgreePressesAlbumsReleasePaceTouringMusic IndustryBloggersItunesSpotify Author:Lykke Li
“When I did The Natural that album was done from the perspective of a kid from Queens that was 19-20 years old who doesn't know that much about the industry.” KnowsYearsDoneKidsNaturalPerspectiveIndustryAlbumsQueens Author:Mic Geronimo