“I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.” StillsLife IsCoursesStarsStuffRecordsRocksComputerShopsFrustratedRock StarBad Life Author:Ian Rankin
“I always tell myself, When Im working on my record, I wont cut my hair. I get so focused on the music that Im not really going to the hair shop and getting cut up. I just have one thing to focus on.” RecordsFocusCuttingOne ThingHairFocusedShops Author:Theophilus London
“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
“Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds.” MindHoursRecordsShopsTemplesTowers Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“The Internet has obviously wiped music off the human map - killed the record shop, and killed the patience of labels who consider debut sales of 300,000 to not be good enough.” HumansEnoughRecordsInternetBe GoodLabelsShopsMapsGood EnoughDebut Author:Steven Morrissey
“A proper record shop reminds us why we got into this in the first place - a place to be reminded of old friends, still in their spots on the shelves, a source of unexpected magic and lucid memories - a place that reminds us that music is more than dumb file sharing and the management of dead data by faceless sociopathic corporations, but a storehouse of dreams, both possible and impossible.” FirstsStillsDreamMemoriesRecordsImpossibleMagicSourceMusic IsManagementSpotsDataDumbCorporationsShopsUnexpectedShelvesFilesOld FriendsPossible And ImpossibleFacelessFile Sharing Author:Max Richter
“I had to learn the hard way. There was a blindness, without any education or will or drive. Everything I started in the beginning from skate shops to record labels to a million and one side hustles that I went in without knowing how I was going to do it, a lot of those ventures just went out of business.” WayHardSidesMillionsKnowingRecordsLabelsShopsVentureBlindnessHustleSkatesHard WayRecord LabelsLearning The Hard Way Author:Rob Dyrdek
“I value being able to go into a record shop and people leaving me alone.” PeopleAbleValuesRecordsLeavingShopsLeaving MeMe AlonePeople Leaving Author:Martin Freeman
“I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.” SchoolRecordsDadSingingMy DadShopsAfter School Author:Neil Diamond
“Saw Torres play their first New York show tonight at Cake Shop. SO good. Do yourself a favor and check out her record. Her voice is KILLER.” FirstsPlayShowsVoiceRecordsSawsNew YorkFavorsChecksShopsTonightCakeKillersTorres Author:Sharon Van Etten
“My favorite record shop was called Recommended Records, in South London near where I lived - they did all the original Faust reissues that came out in 1979, and they also did a lot of Sun Ra stuff. They were a great record shop.” StuffSunRecordsOriginalsSouthMy FavoriteLondonShopsFaust Author:Tim Gane
“I hate the thought that someone had picked up one of my song records and was really excited about it, and walks [out of] a record shop with On Land and is disappointed because it isn't what they wanted. So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people "Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work." And of course I'm very pleased if people like all of them, but I don't want them to feel deceived at any point.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsTryingWantedHateSongCoursesWalksRecordsLandOkayI HateExcitedDepartmentShopsDisappointedDeceived Author:Brian Eno
“Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the record shops lay in skill at buying records.” PeopleFactsLyingOrderRecordsSkillsLaysAssumingSellingBuyingShopsMailVirgins Author:Richard Branson
“I think there's always been a myth that sailors brought in records in their knapsacks as if you could ... in the local shops. I think that maybe some songs did come in with the sailors and maybe they did whistle some of the things in the streets in sharp ears because.” IfsThinkingSongRecordsStreetsEarsMythLocalsShopsSailor Author:Derek Taylor
“My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more jazz on the radio, and began looking for records. My paper route money, and later, money I earned working after school in a print shop and a butcher shop went toward buying jazz records. I taught myself the alto saxophone and the drums in order to play in my high school dance band.” EndsPlaySchoolOrderFoundRecordsTeacherChildhoodTaughtBandPaperHigh SchoolJazzWestRadioBuyingShopsPrintAlsRoutesButchersSaxophoneArmstrongAfter SchoolMusic TeacherWest EndJazz Records Author:Bill Crow