#record companies

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies. ↗

— Gary Wright

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I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

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My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record companies because they're not the Top 40 hit singles market. They forget these people still listen to music. ↗

— Helen Reddy

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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records. ↗

— Mos Def

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This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

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I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#companies #day #encouraging #exposure #forward

Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart. ↗

— Leif Garrett

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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'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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We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh, that's really nice, but we don't think we're ready for it.' ↗

— Debbi Peterson

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