I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public.
One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.
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.
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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.
People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.
To me, making records isn't work.
You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.