Top 1200 Music Industry Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

I was working so hard at music and trying to do this whole 'industry' thing and realised that it wasn't for me.

When I was growing up and wanted to be a musician, the fantasy that I had of what the music industry was is so wrong.

Indeed, a report from the United Nations has revealed that the livestock industry is the number-one contributor to global warming gasses - higher than even the transport industry. Plus, the effect of the livestock industry on our waterways and oceans is disastrous.

The music industry needs a TV outlet for hip-hop fans and artists.

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

I used to DJ in Atlanta, and that's how I kind of got into the music industry.

In the music industry it's just you're either Black or white, and this is the box you get put in.

The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.

I think, in general, more women need to be involved in music and in the industry - that's been an issue.

The music industry is a vicious business. It chews women up and spits them out.

Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.

The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.

Being a part of the Bollywood industry gives you to the kind of exposure that's unimaginable. You also tap into this experience of technical expertise that this industry has been carrying along for several years. I didn't take part in the industry with an agenda in mind. If it happens, great.

A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.

The great artists of music have always innovated and boldly changed the game, but the industry itself has not.

I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

Every single country that has an auto industry is stepping forward to help that auto industry. Why wouldn't we help this industry too, because it needs 3.5 million jobs.

There are so many artists these days that are trying to imitate other artists and go for a certain style; there's a lot of bullshit in the music industry. I don't want to deviate from anything else other than the music, cause that's why I listen to my favorite records - not because I like the way the artists dress.

Being from Chicago, you kind of are shielded in a way from the other stuff that goes on in music and the industry.

I've been through a lot in the music industry, in life. I've learned that I have to be tough in this world.

I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.

I decided right away that whomever was going to advise me had to be fundamentally interested in music. This protected me from the skullduggery common to the music industry then and that still exists today. Of course, using this method meant that some things we didn't know and just had to learn how to do it together.

We all know how evolution works, except one industry that refuses to evolve: the entertainment industry. Instead of looking at evolution as something inevitable, the industry has made it their business to refuse and/or sue change, by any necessary means.

There are some really amazing artists and people behind the scenes who are really effective in championing feminism in the music industry, and I think that's really important for people in the industry and for young girls and guys to see. It should become universal. It's really about the other people understanding that everybody's equal and that women are equally as valid creatives, businesswomen, powerhouses...whatever you want to call them.

I think that the people who put caps and the people who put genres on music are the people who are killing our music industry.

Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.

Our music industry is male-driven. There are fewer opportunities for female singers.

That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.

The record industry needs a company like HTC to bring music to the phone.

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

We need to revive quality music for Pakistani film industry in order to resurrect it.

The music industry wants safe rock stars, people who are totally homogenised.

I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.

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

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum

One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.

The hardest part about the music industry for anyone is getting into the ears of the world.

Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can't imagine doing anything else.

I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.

Music is my life. Music runs through my veins. Music inspires me. Music is a part of me. Music is all around us. Music soothes me. Music gives me hope when I lose faith. Music comforts me. Music is my refuge.

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from.

I've only had a sit-down encounter with Robert once, and that one conversation was the best advice that I have gotten from any individual in the music industry. R Kelly told me that as long as I write life and not music I will always have a job. He listened to several of my records and told me that they were great records and for that to come from a man who has produced hit after hit gave me a comfort and reassurance that making honest and good music was not in vain.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

My critics are pretty tough. I've never been one of the music industry's pets.

I love all types of music - jazz, great pop music, world music and folk music - but the music I listen to most is piano music from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Russian music in particular.

My success set me up for life, and it meant that I could retire from the music industry at 27 to spend time with my newborn daughter and my wife. My time away from the spotlight allowed me to rediscover my love for music, and I'm doing it for me now and no one else.

It's just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means 'for now.'

I think reality television has made the fashion industry and the beauty industry, any industry - frankly, just life - it has made life seem much different than it really is.

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.

I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.

I think the music industry, for instance, is such a huge, multibazillion-dollar industry and it's become very, very savvy. There's a very short grace period in which actual human rebellion or resistance can thrive before it's co-opted by these huge companies. And all of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it's part and parcel to this corporate encroachment on our lives in general.

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum.

I feel that in the music industry there are so many artists it's easy to be forgotten because it's so cluttered.

My family, particularly my brother, made it possible for me to get into the Punjabi music industry.

I came back to the Mumbai music industry after 10 years.

The music industry is something that I'm still trying to understand. With acting, I've been doing it for so long that I understand every aspect of it for the most part - there are obviously still more aspects that I need to learn - but I have a grasp on it. With music, I'm still learning. I'm still getting used to it.

Sometimes people can get shitty, but you won't last in music industry by taking things personally.

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.