#record companies

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

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Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. ↗

— Marian McPartland

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There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission. ↗

— Prince

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I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster. ↗

— Dave Rowntree

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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.' ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

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Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product. ↗

— Stan Getz

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The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their first debut on a recording. These are all things that big record companies would never touch because there is no money in it! ↗

— Gunther Schuller

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Those record companies don't know what's happening at all. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

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It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records. ↗

— Al Jourgensen

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Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable. ↗

— Tony Visconti

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