Music Industry Quotes - Page 9

• And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

  Ruben Studdard

  Giving, Praying, Longevity

  "Ruben's debut". Interview with Ann Curry, www.nbcnews.com. January 2, 2004.

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• It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.

  Tom Petty

  Funny Things, People, Way

  "Tom Petty Is Pissed". Rolling Stone interview, October 23, 2002.

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• I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

  Trey Songz

  Singing, Music Love, I Love Music

  "Trey Songz Answers Fan Questions". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.seventeen.com. February 7, 2011.

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• I just want to do films 'cause I like being someone else. My music is kind of like my diary. I'll always do that... I just feel like the music industry isn't as positive as I'd like it to be.

  Miley Cyrus

  Diaries, Want, Causes

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• Piracy is important to talk about. It's harming the music industry. It hurts all of us. The public needs to understand every time they buy a pirated CD, they hurt the industry. The only ones who can change that are the fans and the people that buy CDs. It's everybody's responsibility to prevent it.

  Luis Miguel

  Change, Hurt, Responsibility

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• Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Shoes, Tennis, Trying

  "'Music Is Not A Loaf Of Bread'". WIRED Interview, www.wired.com. November 15, 2004.

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• Music TV in the U.K. is disappearing. 'Top Of The Pops,' 'CD:UK' and shows like that have gone, and it's bringing down the music industry. We should do as much as we can to keep our music TV and producers need to be more willing to accommodate live music.

  Leona Lewis

  Cds, Tvs, Needs

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

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• I can't judge how another person does their [music] work. Everyone has a choice and the music industry is much more open that it was when I was younger. Certain things are gone, others have developed, but everyone makes their choices. Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public. I don't feel it's my place to judge. I just look at things as a fan, I like or or I don't like it.

  Patti Smith

  Judging, Choices, Fans

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• The music industry seems scary to me. I mean the film industry is crazy enough so the music industry to me seems like the wild, wild West. Like I would just never dare.

  Anna Kendrick

  Crazy, Mean, Scary

  "Anna Kendrick talks modeling, movies and music". Interview with Nicole Evatt, www.freep.com. October 24, 2014.

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• I don't pretend to be an expert on intellectual property law, but I do know one thing. If a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my walletand check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing's missing.

  Janis Ian

  Hands, Law, Missing

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• I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"

  Corinne Bailey Rae

  Thinking, People, Pay

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

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• About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people and hired business graduates to take over the spots. So the music became not as important. What really became important was the bottom line, how much money you could make.

  Geoff Tate

  People, Important, Lines

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• To be in the music industry, to be in any kind of entertainment industry, you really, really have to be passionate about it and love it and persevere, because if that passion isn't there, it's easy to give up. If you really want it, the ambition is there, it'll come. It's definitely harder work than some people think.

  Alexandra Chando

  Giving Up, Ambition, Passion

  "Talent and The Lying Game Star Alexandra Chando Admits She Totally Watches Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries". Interview with Haley Longman, www.clevver.com. April 29, 2011.

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• In a way, the whole music industry is just catering to the inherent esteem issues all these artists have - it lays it all out on the line and baits the artist, like a light baits a mosquito. And you go right into it. With every comment on the internet, you go up, you go down, and it's a big shitshow full of uneducated people.

  Willis Earl Beal

  Artist, Light, Issues

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. September 20, 2013.

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• It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.

  Kanye West

  Jobs, Real, School

  "College Dropout Kanye Tells High School Students Not To Follow In His Footsteps" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. December 5, 2005.

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• What I don't like about the music industry is everything. It's very Satanic, people are evil, they talk about money, they talk about things that don't really matter, and they brainwash everybody.

  Hopsin

  People, Evil, Satanic

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• When you win an award from the Grammys, it means a lot 'cause it's voted on by 100% by the people. It's not like some old guy sitting at a desk picking. It's doesn't work like that. It's voted on by your peers in the music industry.

  Paul Wall

  Mean, Winning, Awards

  "Interview: Paul Wall And Chamillionaire Talk Reunion Tour And Moving Beyond The Beef". Interview with Maurice Bobb, www.complex.com. March 24, 2010.

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• I am aware that most people only see me as Shaq... the guy on the court. But there is another side to who I am, Shaquille O'Neal. And Shaquille O'Neal wants to explore every part of life. He wants the opportunity to pursue all of his desires. That includes being a part of the music industry as an MC. Music is and will always be a part of who I am.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Opportunity, Who I Am

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• The music industry had virtually blacklisted me.

  Irene Cara

  Industry

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• When I was growing up and wanted to be a musician, the fantasy that I had of what the music industry was is so wrong.

  Matty Mullins

  Growing Up, Musician, Fantasy

  Source: www.muenmagazine.net

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• What I try to push and promote is peace through the whole music industry.

  Snoop Dogg

  Trying, Whole, Industry

  Interview with Ashahed M. Muhammad, www.finalcall.com. August 13, 2010.

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• The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer me this question: Do you see an award for soul music? No. They have R&B, funk, hip-hop and all sorts of contemporary things.

  Sharon Jones

  Awards, Hip Hop, Soul

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• I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I gotta be like, "Let's write about something else." You don't want to say the same thing over and over again. In a lot of ways, I look at records as a year or two of my life encapsulated in songs. They're almost like journal entries.

  Laura Jane Grace

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  "Tom Gabel of Against Me!". Interview with Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. July 24, 2007.

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• There are a lot of producers and people in the music industry who take credit for the work of others when it's not actually their work. Especially big producers - they have a song that's written by one guy with a produced mix by someone else and then it's sung by someone else.

  Howard Lawrence

  Song, People, Guy

  "Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Disclosure Break Down Every Song on Their New LP". Interview with Matthew Schnipper, pitchfork.com. September 1, 2015.

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• I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that in somehow the chips capture the soul of a player, that's patent nonsense.

  Elvis Costello

  Technology, Player, People

  Source: tomwaitsfan.com

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