Scott Storch Quotes

American Idols that come off the show and don't have a hit song - that makes it tough. If you come off the show and the song isn't big, and it takes a couple months to get your single out there - that time could be damaging.

I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out.

And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.

When you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier.

However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a ' buzz ' about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.

A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows.

I can say that my big records and my success have been due to the backing which Atlantic have put behind me.

You can tell if something feels special. But there are so many moving parts involved in making the song a hit. The radio has to deliver, the management has to deliver in terms of booking the right promotions... just being a good song isn't enough.

People think that a label is going to get you to the top, and of course they're going to get you to the top. That's what they're good for. They're giving you this money but you have to pay all that back.

Any song that does well, we're happy with. All we can do is keep writing great songs and hope that one catches on.

If you are the record label who owns Lady Gaga, and you have a new artist coming up, you can say, 'Let's have the artist play just before Gaga.' Now you've exposed the huge Gaga audience to the new artist. It's similar to showing a trailer before a movie. The hit creates a hit.

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

So there was a way for you to get promoted and survive as an artist without worrying about AM radio hits.

Bands that say they don't care about how their records sell are liars.

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

Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.

There isn't a single artist out there, I'm sure, who wouldn't take the most perfect record deal. If the right record deal came along, like, the perfect deal, we'd definitely take it.

A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

I'm very new to the industry. I'm not on the Billboard 200 and that is alarming to me. But when I sat down with my management they said it's not a big deal and that it happens all the time.

There's a big difference between doing the odd gig and actually having a record out and your name being on the ticket.