Hank Williams Quotes

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

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

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.

I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.

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

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

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

When I was 19 I had a record deal.

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

Every single day I wrote a song, I was hoping somebody like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean or whoever would record the song. It's tough to do because there are so many great songwriters in Nashville, and I was lucky enough to get some songs recorded before I got my record deal.

I was kicked off a record label and didn't get picked up again. It was devastating at first because I thought, 'Oh my God. My career is over. What's gonna happen? What am I going to do?' Once I got that I could have a career, a very good career, without having a hit record, then I changed.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

I never liked making albums.

I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this day.

I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that.

Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or songwriters or producers.

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

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