#record deal

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. ↗

— Norah Jones

#even #expect #expectations #first #get

There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#campaign #conventional #conventional wisdom #deal #dynamic

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#deal #few #get #i #never

You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do. ↗

— Solange Knowles

#excited #i #just #movie #opportunity

When I signed a record deal, I was always told by execs I needed to be like everybody else, that I had to show my midriff, things that would take away from who I want to be as an artist. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#artist #away #deal #else #everybody