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We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

— Vivienne Westwood

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't really sell many records.

— Patti Scialfa

I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

— Tony Bennett

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

— Katy B

We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.

— Johnny Ramone

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

— Paul Shaffer

I don't particularly care how many records we sell any more because we've kind of bought all the equipment we want to buy.

— Sean Booth

Nobody sells records any more, and the only way you can actually do anything is to go out and play live.

— Stephen Morris

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.

— Alanis Morissette

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company.

— Branford Marsalis

✗Opposing Perspectives

We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial.

— Stan Getz