Music Industry Representation Quotes

I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.

People always say, 'There are plenty of black country artists out there! There is Charley Pride! Darius Rucker!' That's all they can name. They don't understand what we go through, and a lot of people who are fans of traditional country music, as they call it, look at us and aren't going to say, 'Y'all like country music.'

One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?

you know...uh I'm a singer... pop singer... i'm white

I'm an advocate for women to become more aware of the different positions in the music industry.

There's a strong wave of songs by women. Even if the songs are collabs, women have the intro and the chorus, which is what people can sing. We're getting the credibility, the spaces in the award shows, and people want to hear our point of view.

Usually when you hear about rappers in Asia, they always try to be like gangsters and stuff like that and I don't get it.

I think that Linda Perry is such a beautiful example of strong female representation in the industry.

The music industry isn't unionised in the same way Hollywood is. If I've got a problem, who do I go to?