Amanda Palmer Quotes

Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right?

It's not about what hits Billboard or how many views you got on a video. It's about copies sold. It's about streams, you know?

There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.

Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.

Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.

Spotify is returning a huge amount of money. We'll overtake iTunes in terms of what we bring to the record industry in under two years.

For music, unlike a $500 software program, people are paying a buck or two a song, and it's those dollars and pennies that have to add up to pay for not just the cost of that song, but the investment in the next song.

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.

If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need.

People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.

I do not believe that people should steal music, but I think that fans need a better alternative, hence why I am such a fan of Apple, where you can simply buy a song for $0.99; it is very easy, it is a value-packed service... and this is a result of the shakeup... something has to happen in the music industry.

Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.

As long as the Internet economy continues to grow, Stripe will continue to grow.

Music files and downloading have indeed changed the currency of music to a great degree.

If you become famous and don't have a live show to back it up, they're not going to pay you any money.

The record business sucks!

Selling music doesn't make that much money.

If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record.

A long time ago, Prince said that no musician is ever gonna make money off the Internet, and he was right.

If I had to live on record sales, I'd be pushing up the daisies.

When Will.I.Am punched Perez Hilton, I immediately purchased a bunch of their music.

We believe that the Internet is the live concert promoters best friend although it might have crippled the record label business.

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.