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I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

— David Friedman

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✓Similar Perspectives

I started my own record label.

— Tom Felton

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

— James Iha

My real life helped me sell a lot of records.

— The Notorious B.I.G.

I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet!

— Julian Lennon

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

— Quincy Jones

I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do.

— Solomon Burke

I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.

— Jay-Z

I worked in a record store, but I realised I didn't want that. I still wanted to pursue a career - or a life - that my songs provided for me.

— Jamie Lawson

✗Opposing Perspectives

I got out of the music industry many years ago. I had a charlatan for a producer who I wanted nothing to do with. He's dead now, so I guess I can't beat that horse any more. It left a very bad taste in my mouth, so I just went on about my business doing what I do and not involving myself with record companies, except for distribution.

— Leon Redbone

Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists.

— Tommy Rettig