Kaytranada Quotes

I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands.

I want to have a publishing company and a record label, and I want to manage five artists... eventually.

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented.

If I was rich enough, I would love to launch my own record label. I would love to try and give all my musically talented friends a start in the industry.

I would love to continue working behind the scenes in music - to produce and manage up-and-coming musical talent would be a dream!

I just have so much love for my record label.

I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.

Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you want to look like you at the end of the process. We've all seen people get record contracts, and by the time they're spit out by the machine, we don't even recognize them.

I started my own record label.

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

If you want a studio to back you, you want to be doing something that's been done to death!

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.

I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

I am passionate about finding undiscovered and talented artists. I want to help those artists get to the next level and provide existing artists with a new way to reach fans. I wanted to partner with the Cutting Edge Group because they share my vision and have a proven track record in innovation in the music business.

Bob Hurwitz, the president of Nonesuch, the company that releases my records, is a mentor. He taught me how to assemble a script to record an album.

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to start a record label.

I want to make sure that I sign dope artists, old and new, just to make sure that we come up with something new and creative.

When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction.

Obviously, for Geffen, if it wasn't for us, it's quite possible that bands like Nirvana or Beck would not be on the label.

Jimmy Iovine signed me personally to a million-dollar contract, and I lost my identity for a long time. That system is so predicated on making a hit, or you're out of here.

People don't get signed by Def Jam every day on my block.

Interscope is run more like a rock band than a record company. It's run in a very spontaneous, heartfelt way.

Berry Gordy discovered more superstars than anyone I know. I grew up in that environment, and I know you can develop talent and market it.