Jim Root Quotes

Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance.

By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I was kicked off a record label and didn't get picked up again. It was devastating at first because I thought, 'Oh my God. My career is over. What's gonna happen? What am I going to do?' Once I got that I could have a career, a very good career, without having a hit record, then I changed.

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

I was actually signed at a very young age - I was 12 - and one thing led to another, and I ended up in a mutual split from the label. But it was probably the best thing that could have ever happened, because I was able to kind of leave the industry side of it for a minute and focus on the independent side.

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.

I was signed to RCA to be a country singer.

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.

I was initially signed to a German label a few years ago.

I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then - because they got fired - the record company wouldn't do anything for me.

I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.

I love having a major label behind me. Independent was really great to start off, as and I made some really big moves and gained a lot of fans.

I dropped out of law school when I got my record deal.

Roc was only supposed to be our distributor, but then they ended up recruiting me as the label's artist. They said they really liked my album 'Everything You Wanted.'

I had every major label in the world - I mean, any label that dealt with rap music wanted to sign me. I ended up going with Jive Records because I liked everything about 'em.

I got really noticed by record labels and that's how I got signed.

Jimmy Iovine signed me personally to a million-dollar contract, and I lost my identity for a long time. That system is so predicated on making a hit, or you're out of here.

I'm not desperate to sign, like, a record deal. I'm very hungry, but I'm just not desperate for it.

When I was 19 I had a record deal.

When I was 13, I was saying that I wanted to be signed to a label. I was begging my dad to get me signed with somebody.

After giving countless hit songs, I felt saturated. I decided to do music only for my own films and music albums. And so, I decided to start my own music label.

The Roots - we signed our first record deal when I was about 19 years old.