Gabby Barrett Quotes

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I got really noticed by record labels and that's how I got signed.

I'm not desperate to sign, like, a record deal. I'm very hungry, but I'm just not desperate for it.

I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.

When our video of 'Smooth Criminal' came out, suddenly we started getting all kinds of offers. We were getting calls from TV shows like 'Ellen DeGeneres' and from record labels.

I was initially signed to a German label a few years ago.

By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.

I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.

I had every major label in the world - I mean, any label that dealt with rap music wanted to sign me. I ended up going with Jive Records because I liked everything about 'em.

The Roots - we signed our first record deal when I was about 19 years old.

A record deal is my dream.

I put a song on Soundcloud, and Annie Mac made it record of the week, and a month later, I signed my record deal.

We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh, that's really nice, but we don't think we're ready for it.'

I'm really happy with Elektra, I don't have anything bad to say about them at all. I always knew a major label was the right place for me to be. I never really had an opportunity to go to an independent label anyway.

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

There was a bidding war between Epic Records and Jive - now RCA - which was bittersweet. Just having labels bid over me was really cool, but I ended up going with Jive because it felt better over there, and they have my favorite artists like Usher, Chris Brown, and Justin Timberlake.

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

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.

It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.

I got a record deal with Sony, and I really just put acting aside. But it's a love.

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.

The music business is rougher than the movie business. In film you get noticed in a small role, even in a movie that bombs. But in records you better have that hit or else it's 'See you later.'

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then - because they got fired - the record company wouldn't do anything for me.