The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.
Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.
Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.
I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented.
And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.
It's not like it used to be where everybody has a record company to belong to.
Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.