Maggie Rogers Quotes

You make some good music, people are gonna find you.

Great music will always rise to the top if you give it a chance.

There are so many good, young bands out there who aren't getting the attention they deserve.

Social media being used to discover new artists is great. There's not a barrier to enter the industry. People can just post music and share it. And if it's good enough, and people like it, it will grow.

I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.

The next Led Zeppelin is playing somewhere, and they'll likely never make it because there's no infrastructure for it. They'll never get a chance.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell their friends, 'Hey man, have you heard this song?' then I don't think it's worth it. The only way to get your music out there, is for someone to tell their friends about it.

As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of making music is to get it heard by as many people as possible.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.

At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.

You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber.

It's hard to come across someone who can look past an artist who is larger and just see them for the talent they are and have them be willing to invest what's necessary to make them a star.

If you look at Adele, the reason she did so well was she created great music. It wasn't about a clever marketing trick.

I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a band and force people to like them or you can just find good bands and people will like them anyway.

I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely mainstream - it was interesting.

I feel like when I came in the game, I was more focused on like, 'yo how many times can I get on the radio?'

Priyanka and Red One made a great record that we think will stand on its own. People won't buy the music just because she is who she is. We want them to buy it because it's good.

The hardest part about the music industry for anyone is getting into the ears of the world.

I did everything to break in. I even recorded covers of Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill, and put them on Youtube in the hopes that Drake would discover me like he did Justin Bieber.

I think music has always been what I always wanted to do, but I didn't know how or when I was going to get discovered.

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

Distributing the music is so easy it's moot. So now the delicate art of calling attention to your music means everything. Marketing is distribution.