Steve Albini Quotes

The movie industry can be tricky and occasionally creepy, and I have this sense that the music industry is just shady as hell. I don't want to be a part of it.

The music industry is a very rough industry. Many years ago, I think it was even rougher in the sense that a lot of it was predicated on image.

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the music business works.

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way - there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.

The music industry is very small.

Things can turn ugly so quickly in the music business, especially if you have an unexpected success.

I don't get involved in record label politics.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

'Vinyl' is a good look at the music industry. The script was honest.

The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be.

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now.

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.

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.

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

The music industry is really difficult.

With music, you've got to find ways to get paid again, 'cause all the cool kids in junior high school and high school, they think you're wack if you pay for music.

I'm really interested in the record industry and the artists and the problems they're having.

What happened in the '70s was albums and concerts began making a hell of a lot more money, and then the suits got involved.

I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been.

Music industry's a fragmented mess.

I suppose we don't know that much about how the music business operates in the U.K., but from what I've heard, it's a pretty big deal.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.

Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.