Record Quotes - page 64

I listen to music I'm looking to record or catch up on news and TV, whatever is on the TV at the gym! (Martina McBride)
I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected if you've done a TV soap, you can't have a No. 1 record. All these different things they've told me I can't do, but I wanted to do them, so I've done them. View quote
Martine McCutcheon
There's timing. And then there's also certain people at the record company who worked incredibly hard and were incredibly enthusiastic about what I was doing. View quote
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen. View quote
Mary J. Blige
He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record. View quote
Matthew Sweet
There could be no better time to fully integrate Infinity with Viacom's tremendous portfolio of assets. Infinity is performing at record levels and continues to generate a tremendous amount of free cash flow that will now fully benefit Viacom. View quote
Mel Karmazin
I don't want a record company, but I need one, unfortunately. View quote
Melissa Auf der Maur
The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. View quote
Melissa Auf der Maur
I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star. View quote
Meshell Ndegeocello
Record labels collude with some of the radio stations, and the radio stations have their play lists, dependent upon what they call the, quote, 'hits.' What's commercially viable gets recycled, endlessly repeated, and as a result of that, the progressive music can't break in. View quote
Michael Eric Dyson
I started touring a little bit in 1973 in support of a record I made for an independent label. In 1975, when I signed with Warner Bros., where I remained happily ensconced for the next 24 years, my touring activity increased considerably. (Michael Franks)
I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again. View quote
Malcolm Wilson
Really, I could care less if there's a Second Decade record. View quote
Michael W. Smith
I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. View quote
Michelle Shocked
My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And I was a very naughty boy to boot! View quote
Mick Rock
Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star. View quote
Mickey Gilley
My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive. View quote
Mika
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record. View quote
Mika
I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band. View quote
Mika
We're thrilled to expand our relationship, knowing that with the great team at the Music Group, Word, and Warner Bros., and with their proven record of excellence, we're looking ahead to an even brighter future for Curb. View quote
Mike Curb
As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything. (Mike Gordon)
Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around. View quote
Mike McCready
It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity. View quote
Mike Peters
We've gotten through a lot of tough times, and we're going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better. View quote
Mike Quade
When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did. View quote
Missy Elliott