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Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

— David Byrne

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

— Conor Oberst

Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.

— Ziggy Marley

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

— Nile Rodgers

The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.

— Cam

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

— Rosanna Arquette

I hate the industry even more now, no bands get nurtured anymore. Labels only spend money promoting acts they know will be Top Ten. I find it offensive spending $2 million on a video.

— Siouxsie Sioux

Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

— Brad Paisley

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

— Fiona Apple

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

— Art Alexakis

✗Opposing Perspectives

There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

— Daniel Ek