DuranDuran
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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
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
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer. ~ George Benson
I think repeating yourself is a sign of old age, telling the same joke again and again. Especially if they're jokes that don't make people laugh. ~ Simon Le Bon
Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! ~ Ozzy Osbourne
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it. ~ Miles Davis
Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. ~ Frank Zappa
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. ~ B. B. King
Everything government touches turns to crap. ~ Ringo Starr
The industry is a menace to artists. ~ Nikki Sixx
But again, it's the record company. If they don't want to promote a song, they don't make the effort to cross it over into other markets, and the fans don't get to know it. It's the same with my albums. ~ Prince
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
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer. ~ George Benson
I think repeating yourself is a sign of old age, telling the same joke again and again. Especially if they're jokes that don't make people laugh. ~ Simon Le Bon
Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years! ~ Ozzy Osbourne
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it. ~ Miles Davis
Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. ~ Frank Zappa
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so. ~ B. B. King
Everything government touches turns to crap. ~ Ringo Starr
The industry is a menace to artists. ~ Nikki Sixx
But again, it's the record company. If they don't want to promote a song, they don't make the effort to cross it over into other markets, and the fans don't get to know it. It's the same with my albums. ~ Prince
