Mac DeMarco Quotes

I didn't realize how polarized an industry like music can be.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

'Vinyl' is a good look at the music industry. The script was honest.

In the history of pop music, a lot of great records cost an enormous amount of money. There used to be a time where people that had means to experiment would do it, you know?

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market.

The music industry is so cool because it's constantly changing.

In this music industry, you'll find the differences with artists. You get some people who really love music... and you get people who do this because they want to have money or want to be famous.

I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.

Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.

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

I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.

When I first started recording, I was told by all of the experts in the business that the kind of music that I was doing was never going to sell. That disco was the coming thing and it was going to take over and what I was interested in was a minor sideline.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

The labels are in a jam. For a company to do well in music now, it's got to be in all aspects of the business. And Live Nation is the risk-taker. It's leading the charge.

To remain relevant though, I think making great records is the key.

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

Look at music for what it's worth around the world and not just America. In other countries, people are still buying CDs and going to record stores. But in America, it's all about digital. The game is breaking down. But, look at me, you need to know how to play the game the right way.

I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business.

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.