"In this business, the first rule is - never act out of desperation because there is always someone out there looking to sucker you."
Kevin Czinger, Volcano Entertainment Founder

"You're a local band until you get a record contract. Then all of a sudden Bruce Springsteen i your competition."
Sammy Llama, The Bodeans

"In Los Angeles, they don't want you to fail, they want you to die."
David Geffen

"I'm a survivor in a business that constantly rejects you."
Dick Clark

"Don't try to explain it, just sell it."
Colonel Tom Parker

"There are more letters in the word 'business' than there are in the word 'music.'"
Anonymous

"I've made hundreds of legendary records that people talk about that didn't sell."
Jerry Wexler

"So many record companies turned me down. They said I sounded like a chipmunk."
Brandy

"I wish there had been a music business 101 course I could have taken."
Kurt Cobain

"I sent a demo of the band Confederate Fagg to an A&R friend at Sony. I asked him what he thought. He said, 'Don't know yet. Let me see what my boss thinks.'"
Dave: Kathoyd Ray

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