Kina Grannis Quotes

Sheet music, recording, radio, television, cassettes, CD burners, and file sharing have all invalidated, to some extent, the old model of making a living making music.

I don't think piracy is going to kill the music industry. But digital technology and the ability to download will change the packaging from CDs to a single-based business.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.

EMI is a proven leader in the emerging digital music landscape and one of the world's largest and most respected music companies.

That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them.

I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

When Pandora doesn't pay, and bars don't pay, and weddings don't pay, and nobody buys CDs or shirts or concert tickets or lessons, then the musician can't make a living making music.

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.

People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm not at all. You've got the Internet and music - you put them together, and people hear your music.

I have had the good fortune to experience both the limelight and the traffic light as a musician. I did my first recording on my own and it was available at concerts. The second to seventh were released on small and then large labels. My eighth to 14th were done under my own steam once again, but with the benefit of the Internet.

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

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I started writing music when I was 15 in my bedroom, and I'd post them on MySpace, and from there it shifted to doing covers on YouTube and building my Twitter.

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

Music and the music business are two different things.

I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today.

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job.

I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.

I don't tweet very much. I still believe in the mystery of an artist. I believe in going out when I'm ready to sell my product. A lot of artists are out there every day. But I remember the Julio Iglesiases, the Jose Joses - and it was about the music.

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.

Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.