“No matter what you do for a living you should get paid for your work, whether you're washing dishes or recording songs.” ShouldMatterSongPaidNo Matter WhatDishesWashingWashing Dishes Author:Bif Naked
“I did a lot of songs that I sold, but then they never came out and I never got paid for it. You learn real fast that the music industry, in the beginning, you're not going to get paid for a while, and then you start getting the accolades.” RealSongIndustryPaidMusic IndustryAccolades Author:Ester Dean
“If you get 100 million streams on a song and you're only being paid on 20 percent, the check's not going to look good. The money's not going to look fair.” IfsLooksSongMillionsPercentFairsPaidChecksStreams Author:Jimmy Iovine
“When I’m Chad from Nickelback, then I have to wear one hat and I have to wear various others when I’m Chad Kroeger who is co-owner of 604 Records or someone who’s working on an independent project. At that point I want to know where the record is getting licensed, as well as absolutely every aspect of how we’re going to deliver a song to the public and how we’ll all get paid for doing so.” KnowsWantWellsSongRecordsProjectsAspectPaidIndependentVariousHatsOwnersChadNickelback Author:Chad Kroeger
“"Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.' Which is why he was driving a Rolls-Royce."” PeopleFirstsSaidLastsSongHoursMinutesPaidJazzDrivingRolls RoyceCannonballs Author:Robert Glasper
“In the years that Ive seen concerts, when Ive paid to see somebody I want to see, there would be a certain amount of songs Id want to hear. So whether its stuff I want to play every night or not - or stuff Ive been playing for years or stuff you get tired of playing - you have to play what people pay for and make it fair for them.” PeopleWantYearsPlayWould BeNightCertainSongStuffPayAmountFairsPaidTiredConcertsEvery Night Author:Toby Keith
“I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money. But to stay in the Top Ten for weeks on end when I'm in my forties by letting Glen Ballard write songs for me? F**k that.” WorldWritingEndsEnoughSongWeekCarTenPaidSellsForty Author:Scott Weiland
“Radio is paid by advertising. They decide what songs to play that'll keep people listening. And that's what promoters and the Classic Rock people do.” PeoplePlaySongRocksListeningPaidRadioAdvertisingClassicPromotersClassic Rock Author:George Thorogood
“Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons of money to make sure that everyone hears this song a certain number of times a day - that feels like the opposite of folk music.” FeelsCertainSongCultureNumbersEnemyOppositesPaidFolksPopsClassical MusicFolk Music Author:Will Sheff