Josh Silver Quotes

If people really like your music but you're not selling so many records, I don't think it really matters.

I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.

A lot of bad music sells a million copies; I don't think it's a good litmus test for whether things are going well.

I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don't see why a movie can't make a lot of money and also be good.

People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is the wrong way of doing it.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

I don't think you're selling out by allowing the masses to love your art. The only curse is that, when you get so big, sometimes people forget to look at the music.

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

Movie makers now choose profit over vision.

The world is so caught up in the 'American Idol' idealistic sort of tendency in regards to just thinking that this whole thing is what everybody wants, but it doesn't help you make a better record.

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

I would urge all bands that say they only care about credibility and don't care about money to send Gene Simmons every dollar that they don't want. I'd be happy to take it off them.

Hits and flops are overrated.

It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more about making money.

I liked 'Rumours,' but to me, there was some point where the focus became the sales, not the music.

Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational. It always broke that notion that an artist can't think about money as well. Just so long as you separate the two and you're not making music with business in mind. At some point, it has to be real when they touch it, when they listen to it. Something has to resonate with them that's real.

I've made movies where people say it's their favourite, but they don't take it seriously because it just didn't seem to break through commercially.

People send me songs all the time that are literally no-brainer hits... but for me, I'm an artist because I'm a writer.

I love making music, but I also love making music that's on the radio. In some circles, that is considered less artistic. And I've always tried to resist those people that say the two can't exist at the same time.

Pop music doesn't challenge anything.

I think you have to take each movie for its own value. There will be those you'll roll your eyes over and others you can't wait to see. It all has to do with the intention. If someone's intention is just to make money and exploit something for profit, then it's not good. If it's thoughtfully done, the proof's in the pudding.

In my world, if you want to make a record to make money, you're already off to a bad start.