Guy Picciotto Quotes

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

I started my own record label.

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

I should be the one to say what I do. It's just not done that way anymore in Nashville, and I can't do it the other way. That's how our record label came about.

I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.

You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.

I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.

I don't want a record company, but I need one, unfortunately.

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist.

I'm from Israel, so America has no limits. I started a record label, and then I started managing other artists, like Liza Minelli.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I once worked at a record label called London Records. The company was owned by Roger Ames, one of the most successful figures in the British music industry. Roger always placed a value on loafing, on holidays, on not being in the office all the time.

If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

I'd always been a club kid, so I was totally unaware that people had their own record companies.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.

I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.

I think the music industry is something that's very separate from music. So, by always staying on the music side of it, I've found success.

Being on United Artists was almost as bad as not being on any label at all. They were the crappiest in the business. All they did was movie soundtracks. Now, they were making an effort to become much hipper - signing people like Bobby Womack and what have you.