Quavo Quotes

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.

It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

It doesn't take a year to sing a song. Takes a year for people to figure out how to market it.

We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums.

I always wanted to be a part of a New York-based label, so I've worked really hard to try and network with people that I felt would put me in the right place.

Most managers in the rock n' roll world... don't care so much about who's in the band as long as it's making money.

I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.

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.

Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.

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 have a solo deal with Columbia Records. So it's about, do I want to release an album, when can we do it, what kind of album should it be, how should it be released and marketed and what's the right timing? Do I have time to do it? It's all about questions.

I don't think they like the idea that the people who are buying the record get to choose what goes out, because it's their job. The fans even pre-ordered stock to make sure that I had some sort of presence.

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

Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise.

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

I've just signed a contract to make records in Nashville. It won't amount to much at first, but after a year or so, I will really be in the money.

As a producer putting up music, I wasn't dropping a project to do this much numbers or make this amount of money, I really just dropped a project for the streets and the culture of music.

What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs.

I know how hard it is to make it in the music business.

I know a lot of people who jumped into a record label right away, dropped an album, and then nothing happened for them. Build your fan base first, and follow your gut.

In my opinion, you just have to make the music. Make the music and work as hard as you can to get it out there.

If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.

No record company in the world would say, 'We're not promoting if you keep calling somebody a snitch.' They know what makes money. A record company would never be that stupid. Ever.

I had to work a lot. I was doing YouTube videos, but I wasn't getting a lot of love. How do I make a living off rapping when no one knows me? I got kind of discouraged. But hard work shuts people up.