Princess Nokia Quotes

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

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

The music industry is very small.

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

The music industry is really difficult.

I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.

Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.

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.

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.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

Music and the music business are two different things.

The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.

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

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.

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.

Who else is putting seven figures down for unreleased rap tracks?

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the music business works.

I know that the music industry has changed, but I'd love it if Adele and John Legend would write me songs.

If I had to live on record sales, I'd be pushing up the daisies.

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.

I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been.

The music business used to be filled with people who love music.

The more people are listening to music and experiencing it, the more value for both the music companies and the artist, especially when their financial model is built around that. With the music industry, everybody is starting to understand that doesn't begin with a piece of music.