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A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows.

— Gene Ween

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's like they had a backlash the first 11 years. I think the reason why it always seems like there's a backlash is because when bands are unknown, they only get written about by fans.

— Kim Deal

Ezra Klein gets under my skin. He seems to spout the party line.

— Mickey Kaus

If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

— John Lydon

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

— Christopher Cross

In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.

— Neal Schon

I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.

— Randy Bachman

A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter.

— Charlie Watts

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen.

— Thurston Moore

Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.

— Josh Homme

✗Opposing Perspectives

We were number one most added at radio, when the single came out and that's much different. It took like eight months for any radio to happen on the first record, so a lot more support has happened right out of the box.

— Jon Crosby