Tory Lanez Quotes

I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.

I like aiming for the producers who are hungry. I don't chase the wave.

My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making music. Make so much music you have no friends. Make music. Figure out what it is you love, and... because if you're making cool art, then everything else will fall into line.

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

People are gonna get tired of Linda Perry the producer, but I will always be in the music business. And I will always be successful in it.

Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.

An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.

I can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it.

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

Put out great music, and that's that.

The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.

I felt like for what I needed, Bad Boy got me... they got me covered. Especially Puff, man. He's going to be the first billionaire rap entertainer. At the end of the day, they need me. Other artists-labels don't need me, but Bad Boy and Puff needs me. And I need them. It goes both ways.

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

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

I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band.

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 write music as a staff writer for Universal Music Group, and I have since 2007. I've never talked about it publicly because I wanted to earn the right to be in the same room as the great writers I write with and not shoot my mouth off because I'm an actor. It's really important to me, and I really care about it.

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.

During college, I collaborated with another YouTuber and musician, Shankar Tucker. He told me, 'You can do music on YouTube and it's a viable way to put out your songs' and it worked out.

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.

We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.

There is something about musical narrative and Australians. If you want to do something, you kind of have to do it at a level - because we're so far away from everywhere else - that exceeds what is just normal if you want to convince people that some guy from Australia is worth backing for an original musical.

It's important to know the ins and outs of the music business, but you can also dive too deeply into it and forget that you're really here to make music.

I think great music sells records, and I also think, do you want to be a reality star, or someone that actually has credibility? Because you can't have both.