“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindDoeFactsStuffIndustryAll KindsVanityGenreObliviousGenres Of Music Author:Keith Urban
“What keeps this industry alive is creators doing their own work. Once you change a costume or origin enough times, it's a dead body - you're just electrocuting it and keeping it sort of shambling on. There is a lot more creator-owned stuff now, and some of it I look at and go, 'Oh, that's his pitch for a TV show. That's his pitch for a movie. That's him saying oh, this kind of thing sells.' I didn't do that.” LooksKindBookEnoughShowsBodyStuffAliveTvsIndustrySellsCreatorComicComic BookTv ShowsCostumesEnough Time Author:Mike Mignola
“I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants it, as opposed to going to work for someone.” IfsWantStillsStuffBitsRoomsSeeingIndustryCreatingGoing To WorkCottages Author:Ricky Gervais
“I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a small room and you can't get out physically. I like that mental checking-out aspect - I think it's quite nice.” ThinkingWritingStuffRoomsNiceIndustryAspectSmall RoomsChecking Out Author:Lauren Mayberry
“I think the industry tends to like to think in the narrow sort of mindset of a businessman, and businessman absolutes, and movies really exist in a much grayer region of dreams and stuff like that, and instinct is prized in movies, it's not prized with the businessmen in movies, but movies themselves often reward instinct rather than pie charts.” ThinkingDreamStuffIndustryAbsolutesInstinctRewardsMindsetRegionsPieBusinessman Author:Brad Bird
“I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead!” KnowsNeedsYearsWellsTwoWantedJobsReadingStuffFieldsHugeIndustryTradeSellsPressesLeavingBritishListsSettingSettingsReleaseAgentsAgencyEditorsClientsJournalNew AgePress Release Author:Charles Stross
“Everybody thinks it's glamorous and this spy versus spy stuff is so exciting, but working in that industry and being a CIA operative, like a field officer, is tough. That's a difficult job that usually dismantles their lives in some capacity.” ThinkingJobsStuffDifficultFieldsIndustryToughCapacityExcitingOfficersVersusSpyCiaGlamorous Author:Ryan Reynolds
“I find that I love so much stuff and respect so many people who work in this industry and music in general. I've kind of learned that I've got to just stick to what I can do and try and do that really.” PeopleTryingKindI CanStuffCan DoIndustrySticks Author:Steven Price
“The assumption was that a calorie is a calorie. Nothing could be further from the truth. The food industry wants you to believe that because it works for them. If a calorie is a calorie, then why would you pick on any individual food stuff?” IfsWantBelieveIndividualStuffIndustryPicksAssumptionCaloriesFood Industry Author:Robert Lustig
“Acting is a very strange industry in that it flows in these weird ways, I'll be so busy for 6 months and then nothing for a couple months, so it's hard for me to focus and stuff.” WayHardStuffActingFocusStrangeMonthsIndustryCoupleFlowBusy Author:Alia Shawkat
“I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard to come by-stuff by the Special Interest Group and the Zobo Funn Band. The Zobo Funn Band was a big Northeast cult band. We had about a billion skirmishes with the big rock industry.” HardBigsStuffInterestGroupsSpecialRocksIndustryBandSingersBillionsBunchSongwritersCultGuitaristSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:David Torn
“It's sad. There's a lot about this industry that a lot of people don't know about and don't find out about. There are a lot of tough things and trials and stuff that you're faced with. Sometimes, God has other plans for people. Sometimes bands can't stick through it. It depends on the situation. Keep praying for the bands that you like, seriously, because a lot of things will try to get in the way of being together. We've been blessed with not deal with those yet, but if we ever did...?” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingSometimesTogetherStuffDealsSituationPlansDependsIndustryPrayingBandToughBlessedSticksTrialsBeing TogetherTough Things Author:Trevor McNevan
“You have to be able to grow and move with the organism that is the music industry. You need to maintain flexibility. Ownership of your own stuff is key and then you're able to dictate on a present-terms basis what would be the most effective way to protect yourself and what you've created. You also don't want to lock yourself into a situation where a major label owns part of your touring and merchandise.” WayWantNeedsWould BeAbleMovingGrowsStuffTermSituationKeysIndustryProtectMajorsBasesLabelsOwnershipLocksOrganismsFlexibilityTouringMusic IndustryProtect YourselfMerchandise Author:Eddie Vedder
“I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in samizdat form on thousands and thousands of desks and shelves across the industry.” ThinkingShouldEndsFormStuffIndustryScriptsDesksShelvesScreenwriters Author:William Monahan
“And all of the big shots of the car industry are there, strutting their stuff. And that year, they're feeling especially good because cars were selling more than ever before.” YearsFeelingsBigsStuffCarIndustryShotsSellingBig ShotsStruttingSelling More Author:David Maraniss
“I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important to me. I find the record industry largely repellent. This music, the Teen Idles, all of that stuff, is important to me. I don't have lawyers, an agent or a manager. However I find the music industry largely repellent. I just make records because that's what I love to do. So I think that era, those pieces of media, I keep in my collection.” ThinkingImportantStuffRecordsPiecesMediaIndustryLawyerAgentsManagersLabelsErasCollectionsMusic IndustryArchivesRecord Labels Author:Ian MacKaye
“The music industry is not what it used to be. Being in a good band is great, and I've been lucky to be in great bands. I've done solo stuff, and that's been great. I also produce rock bands and I do co-writes, where I write with different singers in bands and songwriters.” WritingDifferentDoneUsedStuffRocksProduceIndustryLuckyBandSingersUsed To BeSongwritersSoloMusic IndustryRock BandsGood Bands Author:James Iha
“Kids are growing up and they don't know the difference between fact and fiction. The line is getting blurry. I can handle it, you know; I'm a big boy. And the entertainment industry has always been crazy. But the problem is, it spills over into some very serious issues, in politics and real newsworthy stuff.” KnowsI CanRealFactsProblemBigsKidsStuffDifferencesLinesFictionBoysGrowing UpIssuesGrowingCrazySeriousIndustryEntertainmentHandleSpillsEntertainment IndustryBlurrySerious IssuesNewsworthyFact And Fiction Author:Rob Lowe
“All the carbon copies, the stuff that the industry puts together, it's not selling if you pay attention and look at the charts. The stuff that they put together, these hits that just go out, it doesn't sell. It doesn't have a core fan base of fans that dedicatedly watch their life. It's just a song, another song, another hit song, a one-hit wonder. It doesn't sell. It doesn't last.” IfsLooksTogetherLastsSongStuffPayAttentionWonderWatchesFansIndustrySellsCoreSellingPay AttentionCopiesCarbon Author:Chamillionaire
“I don't understand the fashion industry and the appeal of it. I understand that there are some people who think it's important to them, and they're designers, they're artists, but there seems to be a disproportionate amount of our culture that's caught up in that and the red carpet stuff. It seems like there's a disproportionate amount of attention placed on that.” PeopleThinkingImportantSeemsArtistCultureStuffAttentionFashionIndustryAmountRedCaughtAppealsDesignerCaught UpCarpetRed CarpetFashion Industry Author:Jim Gaffigan