Darius Rucker Quotes

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.

The signing of the Sex Pistols was a turning point for Virgin. It put the company on the map and, over the years, attracted bands such as Genesis, the Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz, and Janet Jackson. It also attracted Culture Club, who were ground-breaking.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

When you get to the 35-year mark in your career, you make albums for your fans to love you more, so they don't forget about you.

I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.

My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

I feel like I'd like to continue putting out records and start putting them out more rapidly than I have until now and for me if I can keep selling the records to the fans that already like me that's fine.

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.

A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music as well. I'm a big fan of an Australian DJ and producer called Flume, who I think is incredible. He should be more successful in the U.K.!

I love Interscope, I love Star Trak.

I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.

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

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.

Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies.

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

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

Shady's great; I love Shady Records.

I just have so much love for my record label.

I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance diva; another thought I should do Rock n' Roll; and one thought I shouldn't even be singing at all!

As long as someone wants to hear my music, I don't care if it's a ringtone or the album or whatever.