Music Industry Quotes
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We grew up in the middle of nowhere. We didn't have a rich uncle in the music industry or some contact through someone that our dad worked with. And we went into the world blindly, and just through believing, dreaming, and working hard, Good Charlotte came to fruition.
Benji Madden
Good Charlotte
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I feel like there isn't as much mystery to music anymore. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. There definitely is no seperation anymore. Your connection with your fans is like two clicks away on a phone with a Twitter or a blog. I think that's a good thing. It's a new music industry. You're really connected with your fans.
Jason Wade
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
Van Morrison
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Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.
Wyclef Jean
Fugees
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No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in the music industry. People don't ingest full records anymore.
Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe
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I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit high school, the bug really bit me. You can't deny where you come from and what's in your genes, and music definitely was. I haven't looked back since.
Hillary Scott
Lady Antebellum
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Did Steve Jobs understand the music industry? He certainly understood it well enough to sell millions of devices. That’s pretty smart.
Doug Morris
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Is there a gender gap in the music industry? It is true that there are more professional male music creators than female. For some reason, it's taking a lot longer in music than in literature and the visual arts to reach equilibrium. It was almost acceptable by the 19th century for female writers to be published, yet it's only in the last couple of decades, since about 1980, that historical female composers have really emerged.
Barbara Harbach
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Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.
Nikki Sixx
Mötley Crüe
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We reckon the music industry is kind of like travelling freak shows. 'Cause, you know, travelling around from town to town, unpacking and packing up, and you meet all these freaks along the way. You meet good people as well but you do meet a lot of idiots. I'm not mentioning any names.
Ben Gillies
Silverchair
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That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.
Benji Madden
Good Charlotte
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In the music industry, there's often a lot of egos and people aren't always very supportive, but we cheer each other on and we push each other to be better.
Camila Cabello
Fifth Harmony
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One of the most harmful things in the music industry is 'record-by-committee,' where 10 people from the label gather around, and they make you write a 100 songs and decide which one's a hit. That takes the inspiration out of it.
Benji Madden
Good Charlotte
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In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of have to just - sometimes you just say yes to people, like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure," and then you just write the one you want to write.
Benji Madden
Good Charlotte
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There's a lot of ideology about "free", that we can have free services, free content, it's one of the reasons why the music industry which I defend has been decimated.
Andrew Keen
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I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.
Anthony Kiedis
Red Hot Chili Peppers
