Music Business Quotes - Page 2

• I'm a survivor in a business that constantly rejects you.

  Dick Clark

  Rejects You, Survivor, Rejects

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• I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

  Tupac Shakur

  Music, New York, New Day

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• You've gotta be business savvy really, or else you get the piss taken out of you.

  Melanie Brown

  Taken, Savvy

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• When you hear my records today hear a vanilla sounding artist with no black inflection, although I was trying to imitate what I heard.

  Pat Boone

  Artist, Black, Trying

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• I'm a snake oil salesman as much as anyone else, but I try to keep something for myself.

  Freedy Johnston

  Snakes, Oil, Trying

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• You go through stages where you wonder whether you are Christ, or just looking for him.

  David Bowie

  Wonder, Christ, Stage

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• Actually I don't know if honesty is a strength or some kind of weakness.

  Ani DiFranco

  Honesty, Weakness, Kind

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• To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.

  Nick Cave

  Years, Hatred, Difficult

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• That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold.

  Dave Wakeling

  Heart, Evil, Gold

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• Out of the ashes of the music business, comes the rebirth of the musician business.

  John Perry Barlow

  Art, Musician, Ashes

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• The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

  Robert Plant

  Rocks, Way, Rock N Roll

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• Rock n' roll is poison put to sound.

  Pablo Casals

  Rocks, Sound, Poison

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• I want to hear the word 'cherish' about 5 times.

  Clive Davis

  Want, Cherish

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• I hate to say this, but at the time, (late 70's) it was like the smart people liked punk and the dumb people liked Journey.

  Howie Klein

  Smart, Hate, Journey

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• In Los Angeles, they don't want you to fail, they want you to die.

  David Geffen

  Want, Failing, Los Angeles

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• If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused.

  Jimmy Iovine

  Discipline, Stay Focused, Company

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• I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

  Cliff Richard

  Careers, Lifelines

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• The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.

  Mark Kozelek

  Depressing, Challenges, Stressful

  Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. May 23, 2012.

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• The music business would be much better, for the youth and the kids, if they start hiring employees that understand the kids.

  Suge Knight

  Kids, Would Be, Youth

  "The Life and Times of Suge Knight". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. June 18, 2007.

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• The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important.

  Nick Cave

  Stars, Rocks, People

  "Nick Cave on the Evolution of His Music". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. January 28, 2014.

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• Don't cheat yourself out of music. Music is one thing. The music business is another thing. Save enough of yourself to keep living anyway. Save enough joy in your heart to enjoy it. Let your reward be in the doing of it.

  Bill Withers

  Music, Cheating, Business

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• Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars.

  James Dean Bradfield

  Song, Liars, Writing

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• If the milk industry can make their product seem sexy and increase consumer demand, there must be hope for music.

  Gary Arnold

  Sexy, Demand, Milk

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• I'm meeting a lot of musicians and people in the music business, and am constantly trying to figure out what I want to do with music. We'll see. I want to do everything.

  Tyler Posey

  People, Trying, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.

  Randy Travis

  Patience, Loving What You Do, I've Learned

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