“Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.” DifferentWould BeNextRecordsPerformancesMediumsCopiesAllowingDocuments Author:Christian Marclay
“The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.” MadeMy OwnRecordsSevenGuitarCopiesSoloOnly Time Author:Sasha Frere-Jones
“I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album.” MenGivingWritingYearsKindTwoShowsGuyThreePoorRecordsComedyHappenedMonthsSixDecidedSticksRadioAlbumsTwo YearsCopiesRaysAdsThree YearsBobSix MonthsGave UpOther GuysAccountingPoor Man Author:Bob Newhart
“I was the kind of entrepreneur that never really felt I made it. When Mike Olefield's "Tubular Bells" [Virgin Records' first release] sold 8 or 10 million copies, I suppose, at age 19, I could've possibly retired on the money. Instead, I immediately pushed the boat and took that risk again.” FirstsKindMadeAgeFeltMillionsRecordsRiskEntrepreneurBoatReleaseMade ItCopiesBellsVirginsMikeRetired Author:Richard Branson
“[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the age of 15, I hounded the local record store to order a copy of Horses [1975] for me by Patti Smith.” WorldAgeOrderFoundHouseRecordsNew YorkHorseStoresLocalsMagazinesCopiesPunkColumbiaRecord Stores Author:Michael Stipe
“My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.” CountryEnoughMovingRecordsFieldsBandCopiesArrangementsCostumesBest Country Author:Dolly Parton
“If I dont get enough sleep, my brain gets fatigued, and the voice suffers. If Im doing some retail work and trying to read and record legal copy, I start sounding like I had a few too many the night before.” IfsTryingEnoughNightSufferingVoiceSleepBrainRecordsCopiesRetailEnough Sleep Author:Roger Craig Smith
“If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.” IfsWayTryingBehindsRecordsMovedCopiesMoved On Author:Gloria Estefan
“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