So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.
I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't even send my records out.
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.
You really need to be on top of what you own, and you've got to be on top of your record-keeping. Imagine one day if a major bank is taken down and the records are gone.
People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
If I was going to sell out, I would do it for more than 10,000 records.
That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record company. You don't have to get a five hundred thousand dollars, or whatever, and pay them back for the rest of your life to record a record.
People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?