C418 Quotes

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

Major labels don't play with samples not being cleared.

I made an enormous amount of money in the record business as a result of owning so much of what I was doing... I owned all those albums and continued to own my catalog.

If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.

I did not start IC and Inteam to have control over my music. I had control before and after.

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, these are just some of the people who threatened to sue if we used their songs.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.

With Ghost Tunes, you just try to do what's right. And what's right is whatever the copyright owner wants to do with their music, they do it.

If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them. And they know it, which is why they don't play my music.

I really do believe in clearing samples, and I believe that people should be compensated for them, but the laws are just so stupid.

Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission.

Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company.

I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

Spotify wants to make consuming music simpler and at the same time pay the rights owners.

I believe that once I put music out, it's owned by the listener.

One could work on a lot of albums such as 'Thiruvasagam in Symphony,' but with issues such as illegal downloading from the Internet and piracy, it is difficult.

Ever since the decision of Robin Thicke and Pharrell, we believe that it was important to make sure that we are safe. When that Robin Thicke verdict came out, we realized that the game had changed in music.

The battle over Napster has divided musicians and industry officials.

If somebody makes a record, no matter how many years later it's released, they or their families should be entitled to the proceeds.

The income streams of musicians have all been upstreamed into the pockets of computer corporations. Sound recordings are little more than free crackerjacks inside every computer or cellphone that you buy.

I do not have a problem with remixes but original songs are not being included in an album, this is sad.