Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get you out of the way in five years to make way for the new groups.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
It's not like it used to be where everybody has a record company to belong to.
Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart.
Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public.
The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.
I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick what they want to buy, rather than being told what they should buy.
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.
I don't want a record company, but I need one, unfortunately.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.