Adam Kluger Quotes

I once worked at a record label called London Records. The company was owned by Roger Ames, one of the most successful figures in the British music industry. Roger always placed a value on loafing, on holidays, on not being in the office all the time.

I've always treated the music business as a business.

I'm just focusing on 'Let's Stay Together' and slowly building my production company. I'm trying to get into writing as well.

The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.

I have always abhorred the business end of music.

I don't want a record company, but I need one, unfortunately.

The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.

I have known from the beginning one thing you need to know. That is, the music business is a business.

If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!

I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.

The music business, a lot of times, has a big finesse mentality to 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.

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me.

Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.

Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.

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

So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things.

You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.

If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

When I went to City of Bath College, I studied the music business.