“Well, I don't care for Paul Ryan's sound or his lyrics. He can like whatever bands he wants, but his guiding vision of shifting revenue more radically to the one percent is antithetical to the message of Rage.” WantWellsCareSoundVisionBandMessagesPercentDon't CareRageI Don't CareRevenueShifting Author:Tom Morello
“I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the bands. You won't have record shops taking 40 percent of the money. You won't have record labels taking 40 percent of the money. So they don't have to sell as many albums as they used to in the past. So it's not necessarily a bad thing if record companies disappear.” IfsThinkingPastUsedCompanyRecordsShareBandPercentBiggerSellsAlbumsDisappearLabelsShopsBad ThingsMore MoneyRecord CompaniesRecord Labels Author:Richard Branson
“China has to move to a more flexible foreign currency trading system, no question about that. You might see two or three moves to widen the band, say to 0.5 percent.” TwoMightMovingThreeBandPercentChinaCurrencyTradingFlexibilityFlexible Author:Arjuna Mahendran
“I love my brother and respect his talent but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100 percent of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to.” LoveGivingYearsShareTalentBrotherBandDemandEqualGiving UpPercentOriginalsAgreePartnersMy BrotherEmployeeReducingDrummerLove My Brother Author:Rich Robinson
“I heard a quote once in a documentary about a band that said you're better off owning everything 100 percent and selling 20,000 copies of an album than signing with a record company and selling a million copies. There has never been a truer statement about show business than that.” SaidShowsCompanyMillionsRecordsHeardBandPercentAlbumsStatementsSellingCopiesDocumentariesBetter OffShow BusinessSigningRecord Companies Author:Bill Burr
“Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.” PeopleLawGivenBandMusic IsPercentGuitarCrapNinety Author:David Byrne