Showing posts with label Record Labels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Record Labels. Show all posts
Norman Granz Quotes
"If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back." - Norman Granz
Norman Granz Quotes
"At Verve, my bookkeeper would invariably say, 'Well, why do you want to put out Roy Eldridge?' Or 'Why do you want to put out Ben Webster? They don't sell.' And I'd say, 'Well, whether they sell or not, they're important, they should be recorded and they're what Verve stands for, so we don't have to discuss that any further.'" - Normal Granz
Madeleine Peyroux Quotes
"Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back." - Madeleine Peyroux
Ornette Coleman Quotes
"Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company." - Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman Quotes
"I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then - because they got fired - the record company wouldn't do anything for me." - Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman Quotes
"I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it today and tomorrow they might not. I've had that experience with record companies." - Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman Quotes
"Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because I keep my head so much in music and not in business." - Ornette Coleman
Roy Ayers Quotes
"The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors." - Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Quotes
"Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company." - Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Quotes
"I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years." - Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Quotes
"Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!" - Roy Ayers
Branford Marsalis Quotes
"The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula." - Branford Marsalis
