Business Quotes

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.

Allowing valuable sound recordings to pass into the public domain does not create a public asset: it represents a massive destruction of U.K. wealth and a significant loss to the U.K. taxpayer.

We would never have gained the attention without a major label throughout the world initially. I just got tired of them taking all the money.

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture.

We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed, and the past is not coming back. But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't sound good to me. If you're making music in order to become famous or loved by the masses that's not what I'm about. When somebody's making music for the wrong reasons, I hear it right away.

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.

Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did.

To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.

The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.

Personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family.

The B-movies that are doing good business now cater to an audience which wants a lot of noise to fill the soundtrack.,. and a lot of feminine flesh to fill the optical track.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it is show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

We're smart enough to make these millions, strong enough to bare the children, then get back to business.

For my money Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business.

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached. Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.