“The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk was rebellious-and justified in that response-but it had very little to do with music, and so it created a highly-charged but frighteningly floundering atmosphere that I found very, very disheartening. Musical quality for me has always been an important part of rock'n'roll-and winning recognition for that has long been an uphill battle all the way. Punk seemed like rock'n'roll utterly without the music.” WayLittlesLongImportantCountryWholeFoundWinningQualityRocksStrangeIndustryBattleResponseMusicalRecognitionAtmosphereRock N RollPunkJustifiedRebelliousMusic IndustryPunk RockDishearteningUphill BattlesFloundering Author:Steve Winwood
“The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry. So I always attribute it to God.” CareersIndustryAttributesOddsMusic IndustryMusic Career Author:Pharrell Williams
“If you're the biggest DJ in the world, you're in a position where you can play stuff that people don't know and blow people's minds. But if you just chose to play stuff they know just to get a reaction, that's just being lazy.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldMindPlayStuffMusicPositionBlowReactionsLazyLazinessJust BeingMusic IndustryDjsMind BlowingElectronic MusicBeing Lazy Author:John Digweed
“The classical music industry, has been an industry of covers. So we do covers, and if I compare this with the rock and pop side, what is the most exciting event?” IfsHas BeensSidesRocksEventsIndustryExcitingPopsCompareClassical MusicMusic Industry Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“When the film and music industries declined in the wake of increasingly conservative Muslim laws and social customs in Pakistan, many of these musicians found themselves out of work. They were brought together at Sachal Studios by Izzat Majeed, who built the studio in order to preserve these musical traditions.” TogetherFilmLawOrderFoundSocialIndustryMusicianBuiltTraditionMusicalConservativeStudiosPreservesCustomsPakistanMusic IndustryFilm And Music Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Times are tough in the music industry, and now more than ever we need people like the team at Paste looking out for artists on the fringe of the mainstream.” PeopleArtistTeamToughFringeMusic Industry Author:Cary Brothers
“I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to get into some "future of the music industry" thing, or where I stand on digital this or that, but I think it's ridiculous that a lot of people in the industry plan so far ahead that it makes a lot of improvisation impossible and makes a lot of people's expectations fixed and not fluid.” PeopleThinkingWantMadePlansImpossibleHeardIndustryExpectationsRidiculousMade ItFixedDigitalFluidImprovisationMusic Industry Author:Bradford Cox
“I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsLittlesReasonArtistBitsIndustryHeroLittle BitReason WhyGreat ArtGreat PeopleMusic IndustryGreat ArtistMy HeroGuidelines Author:Taylor Swift
“When I watched American Idol, I always thought Simon was the most realistic. Simon's like, It was absolutely horrid. That's what they tell in the music industry.” IndustryRealisticIdolsMusic IndustryAmerican Idol Author:Toni Braxton
“I recognise a lot of myself in these kids who enter shows like Pop Idol. It's very hard to get into the music industry and you have to take every opportunity that you can. Something like Pop Idol is a great opportunity but unfortunately, I think it's tainted by the people that make these shows.” PeopleThinkingHardShowsKidsOpportunityIndustryPopsIdolsRecogniseMusic IndustryGreat OpportunityTainted Author:Melanie Chisholm
“About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people and hired business graduates to take over the spots. So the music became not as important. What really became important was the bottom line, how much money you could make.” PeopleImportantLinesCompanyRecordsHugeIndustryMajorsMusic IsBottomSpotsGraduatesBottom LineMusic IndustryRecord Companies Author:Geoff Tate
“We're not a band because we're trying to be the Mother Teresas of the music industry, out to serve everybody. We're a band first and foremost because we love playing pop music.” TryingFirstsMotherIndustryBandPopsPop MusicMusic IndustryTeresa Author:Alice Nutter
“You know I really don't like to think about the fact that I'm a girl in relation to the music industry. I was just a kid who wrote down thoughts to organize her brain and that turned into music, like any other writer or musician... so, I happen to be a girl. I don't consider that part of it really.. It may disappoint some feminists out there that I don't want to harp on women and men being equal.” ThinkingKnowsMenWantMayFactsHappensKidsGirlBrainIndustryEqualMusicianMen And WomenRelationFeministOrganizeDisappointMusic IndustryHarpsBeing Equal Author:Lacey Mosley
“I don't know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business. Most of what was released has always been garbage and some has been able to get through and last. I don't know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn't as efficient. The music industry was more oddball guys who did it for fun and now they are huge corporations that have become more structured.” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensAgeAbleLastsGuyFunHugeIndustryYears AgoGoldenCorporationsThirtyEfficientGarbageMusic BusinessThirty YearsMusic IndustryGolden AgeOddballs Author:Adam Schlesinger
“The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything viable by the music industry. I figured that this might be another shot at the industry looking at the possibilities of house music and giving it a little bit more legitimacy than what they give it. It's a host of different things, but it's something that I needed to say musically.” GivingLittlesDifferentStatesFactsMightHouseBitsUnitedQualityUnited StatesPossibilityIndustryNeededLittle BitMusic IsShotsDifferent ThingsHostMusic IndustryLegitimacyDance MusicHouse Music Author:Frankie Knuckles
“As we all know, the internet is not a true friend of the music industry yet, but technology is slowly changing that. Soon it will work right for all involved.” KnowsTechnologyIndustryInternetInvolvedTrue FriendMusic Industry Author:Ronan Keating
“Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.” PeopleStillsAwarenessTypeIndustryMusic IndustryReggae Author:Billy Gibbons
“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
“There is no excuse for a billion dollar industry to have somebody who's pushing papers on an administrative level - which is still very important in terms of getting projects done - it's imbalanced and completely illogical and example of how badly this art form has been rapped... for them niggas to have health care benefits but for themselves to share in no part to that? It's very telling about the climate of the music industry.” Has BeensArtStillsImportantDoneCareFormTermLevelsShareExampleIndustryPaperBenefitsProjectsDollarsClimateExcuseBillionsHealth CarePushingPapersMusic IndustryNo ExcusesIllogicalAdministrative Author:Immortal Technique
“No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.” DoeMatterPlayHappensKidsMinesIndustryNo Matter WhatMusic IndustryHighlights Author:Charlie Worsham
“I think the sports industry and the music industry are all tied in together.” ThinkingTogetherSportsIndustryTiedMusic Industry Author:SonReal
“I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.” FirstsTechnologyIndustryWaveSingersSongwritersMusic IndustrySinger Songwriters Author:Melissa Manchester
“You know what we pride ourselves on that - although I wouldn't mind if my backside was a little smaller. But look at the original divas... take Aretha Franklin for example - I've seen her live in the States and she was mammoth, but she had that crowd under control and they doted on every movement she made! We're not little midgets but the music industry is not about that, it's about loving the music and respecting what you do.” IfsKnowsMindLooksLittlesMadeStatesExampleMovementPrideIndustryOriginalsCrowdsMusic IndustryFranklinMidgetBacksides Author:Kate DeAraugo
“I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit high school, the bug really bit me. You can't deny where you come from and what's in your genes, and music definitely was. I haven't looked back since.” MeanWantedSchoolBitsHavensIndustryHigh SchoolDenyNurseGenesChefBugsMusic IndustryVetsWhere You Come Author:Hillary Scott
“The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term aims & limited attention span, and do incredibly stupid things while things blow up. Apart from things blowing up, this is just like the music industry.” PeopleTermInterestAttentionAcceptingStupidIndustryAimBlowDetailsPlotIrrationalShort TermContradictoryMusic IndustryStupid ThingsAttention SpanBlowing Up Author:Robert Fripp
“Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback artist.” FeelsKindAbleArtistIndustryMusic IndustryAnomaliesThrowback Author:Jewel
“While waiting for my visa, I got a job in the music industry, which was so exciting, it changed my life and stopped me moving.” JobsMovingWaitingChangedIndustryExcitingMusic IndustryChanged My LifeVisa Author:Nicki Chapman
“I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the promotions department and it began my love affair with the music industry.” JobsThreeCompanyRecordsIndustryAffairDepartmentPromotionGlamorousLove AffairMusic IndustryRecord Companies Author:Nicki Chapman
“I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money.” ThinkingIndustryBecomingFocusedMaking MoneyRoutesMusic IndustryBecoming More Author:Jens Lekman
“I feel like there isn't as much mystery to music anymore. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. There definitely is no seperation anymore. Your connection with your fans is like two clicks away on a phone with a Twitter or a blog. I think that's a good thing. It's a new music industry. You're really connected with your fans.” ThinkingFeelsTwoMysteryFansIndustryConnectionsGood ThingsPhonesConnectedBad ThingsBlogsMusic IndustryClicksNew MusicSeperation Author:Jason Wade
“The music industry was invented, like, 100 years ago. I'm talking about the goddess Matangi, who invented music 5,000 years ago. She was the only thing that inspired me.” YearsTalkingIndustryYears AgoInspiredGoddessMusic Industry Author:M.I.A.
“I think that every band is different, and in fact that's one of the biggest problems with the old-school music industry is that... one band would be successful according to a certain approach, and then every other band in the label gets sent down the same tube.” ThinkingDifferentFactsProblemWould BeSchoolCertainSuccessfulIndustryBandApproachLabelsBeing SuccessfulMusic IndustryTubesOld School Author:Emily Haines
“I was like the roadie, I was carrying gear, checking things in at airports, making sure they had flowers backstage and interfacing with promoters who were sometimes really nice and sometimes a little seedy. It was a great apprenticeship, to be in the music industry.” LittlesSometimesNiceFlowerIndustryAirportsGearsMusic IndustryReally NicePromotersApprenticeship Author:Annie E. Clark
“I think that I have grown a lot as an artist. I have been writing about my experiences of love and overcoming the struggles that I have faced in the music industry. I have so much more to tell my fans, and I know so much more about myself. It is crazy how much I have grown over these past years.” ThinkingKnowsWritingYearsHas BeensPastArtistStruggleCrazyFansIndustryOvercomingMusic Industry Author:Jessica Sanchez
“I would never get into the music industry per se, but listening to music really helps me to concentrate. It's just a nice way for me to vibe and chill. There's music for when you're sad or happy or in love; there's music for every moment in life.” WayMomentsHelpingNiceListeningIndustryHelp MeChillListening To MusicMusic Industry Author:Haley Pullos
“Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made.” ThinkingWayMadeStoriesFilmChangedIndustryMusic IsMusic IndustryGreat FilmJagger Author:Olivia Wilde
“Moving to London was a culture shock, but in a really good way. I'm more aware now, and I'm less trusting of people in the music industry.” PeopleWayMovingCultureIndustryLondonShockGood WayMusic IndustryCulture Shock Author:Nina Nesbitt
“Sometimes it's difficult because you like some regularity in your life, but never knowing who's gonna pop up at what show, what person you might see that you don't expect to see in that city, what problem you're gonna have that night, even the problems at some of these venues, if you look at them the right way, it's an adventure. You're like a cowboy. That's the best part about being in the music industry. You get your gun and you ride your horse.” IfsWayLooksPersonsSometimesShowsProblemMightNightDifficultCitiesKnowingAdventureIndustryGunHorsePopsRight WayCowboyMusic IndustryVenuesRegularity Author:Colin Munroe
“I think we have to change our thinking and the music industry has to shift and look at how people are acquiring their music now. They want it differently. They're getting it in a different way and you just have to adjust.” PeopleThinkingWayWantLooksDifferentIndustryDifferent WaysMusic Industry Author:Warryn Campbell
“I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them talk about it as a "career." It almost makes me think there isn't even a music industry anymore, like an atom bomb fell and it was just eradicated forever.” ThinkingAttitudeCareersForeverRocksIndustryBandMaking MoneyBombsAtomsFascinatedMusic IndustryRock BandsAtom Bomb Author:Travis Morrison
“The music industry can feel wonderful, but it can also feel very cold.” FeelsWonderfulColdIndustryMusic Industry Author:Sara Bareilles
“Because you're a woman, the music industry puts you in another corner. I want to be fighting with the men. I want to be amongst the men, topless, throwing things onstage. Pitchfork: Whe” MenWantFightingHe ManIndustryCornersThrowingMusic IndustryPitchforksThrowing Things Author:Lykke Li
“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
“I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganized. But it's exciting for me because, when you're a performer, there is a fashion element.” LittlesBitsFashionGrewMomIndustryElementsLittle BitGrew UpExcitingMy MomEditorsPerformersMusic IndustryVogueDisorganized Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“So much is filtered by pop music today, because the music industry is driven by single, single, single, single, the next single, not the nurturing of artists and that kind of thing.” KindTodayArtistNextIndustryPopsDrivenNurturingPop MusicMusic Industry Author:Paul Weller
“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
“I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are the boss and to have people act on your instructions and take you seriously. Like you call up people who are working for you and say, "I'd like to see such-and-such document," and they tell you that you don't need it. Then you have to spend time convincing them that it doesn't matter whether they think you need it or not, they're supposed to hand it to you.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMatterHandsDifficultLike YouIndustryFemaleTreatedBossInstructionDocumentsEnd TimesConvincingSpend TimeMusic Industry Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other up because of the internet tools. And the really top-down pyramid scheme of major labels and typical superstars isn't sustainable anymore because the system has collapsed.” PeopleThinkingAbleCommunitySeeingIndustryInternetMajorsToolsLabelsSchemesTypicalPyramidsMusic IndustrySuperstarTop DownPyramid Schemes Author:Amanda Palmer
“In the music industry, there's often a lot of egos and people aren't always very supportive, but we cheer each other on and we push each other to be better.” PeopleIndustryEgoCheerSupportiveMusic Industry Author:Camila Cabello