“All the real money in investment will have to be made as most of it has been in the past not out of buying and selling but out of owning and holding securities, receiving interests and dividends therein, and benefiting from their long-term increases in value. Hence stockholder's major energies and wisdom as investors should be directed toward assuring themselves of the best operating results from their corporations. This in turn means assuring themselves of fully honest and competent managements.” ShouldMeanLongHas BeensMadeRealPastValuesTurnsEnergyTermInterestResultsHonestSecurityMajorsIncreaseManagementInvestmentSellingCorporationsLong TermBuyingInvestorsReceivingCompetentDividendsBuying And Selling Author:Benjamin Graham
“I'm selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.” My OwnRecordsMajorsSellingLabelsSelling More Author:Aimee Mann
“In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.” FatherCareersTalentMajorsStoresSellingAgentsManagersChocolateChipsCookiesDetoursChocolate ChipsChocolate Chip Cookies Author:Shawn Amos
“I don't know if there is an existing model that anyone can hold on to right now. Every [piece of] advice about how to go about in the record business you would get 5 years ago is no longer valid. Everything is changing very rapidly and there is an increased sense of anger and despair among artists that are not major-selling megastars.” IfsKnowsYearsArtistRecordsPiecesAdviceRight NowDespairMajorsModelsYears AgoSelling Author:Olof Arnalds
“The major labels, they roll with whatever is making money. I don't know if R&B turned into making banjo music and it sounded like blue grass, they'll buy it if it's selling.” IfsKnowsMajorsBlueSellingLabelsMaking MoneyGrassBanjos Author:Warryn Campbell
“Most bands, when they sign with a major, are from an indie. They usually start off with a big dilemma. They think they're selling a part of their souls or they're losing control over an aspect of their lives or something.” ThinkingSoulBigsBandMajorsLosingAspectSellingDilemmaLosing Control Author:James Dean Bradfield
“We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back so you can write a major line of bullshit and be paid for it.” WantWritingLyingLinesMajorsPaidSellsSellingWant MeBullshitYou Want Me Book:Look at Me: A Novel Source: Look at Me: A Novel