Jam Master Jay Quotes

'Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it.

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.

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff.

So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff.

Now we know that, the way contracts are set up, it's not really made for artists to get rich from selling records - that's the company's one shot to make money.

When I was 17-years-old, I was in the music business.

I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.

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.

When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

I certainly don't want to be a record label guy.

I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager.

We're thrilled to expand our relationship, knowing that with the great team at the Music Group, Word, and Warner Bros., and with their proven record of excellence, we're looking ahead to an even brighter future for Curb.

I have recorded nine tracks for a new album which I financed myself and am looking for a home for.

To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didn't sign to Atlantic just for the money.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

It's a small percentile of people who see one dime out of the music business.

The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases their sales. I think they're still mad about radio.

I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there's something about, I don't know there's something very special when you've signed an artist and that first record comes in and it's a good record. It is an indescribable feeling.

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

I decided to combine my musical background, business education and creative abilities - and go into the record business.

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing.

In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also through the TV synch licenses that I've been surviving. I don't really make money through record sales. I used to be really picky: 'No, I don't want it to be the song of a commercial,' but nowadays it's what you need to do to get the song out as much as you can.