Patrick Carney Quotes

At a major label you can start to feel that you're working for them, and that any work you do, you're never going to see any benefit.

There is such a thing as good interference from your record label. I don't think I get enough interference from my record label.

It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists... I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.

I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.

When the record company pays you an advance, it is just that - an advance. And it's at worse rates than any bank would charge you to pay them back.

It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records.

I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend that the record industry is an insidious affair. It's this terrible collision between art and commerce, and it will always be that way.

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

I certainly don't want to be a record label guy.

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff.

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

Doing things in my day was simple: you either signed to a big label or you signed to a very small label, and you worked with that one, and then they eventually signed you on to a big one.

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there's something about, I don't know there's something very special when you've signed an artist and that first record comes in and it's a good record. It is an indescribable feeling.

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.

I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance diva; another thought I should do Rock n' Roll; and one thought I shouldn't even be singing at all!

I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

I did actually have a deal with Columbia, but it became increasingly clear to me after signing with them that they didn't know what to do with me and I didn't know what to do for them, so we agreed to go our separate ways.

Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you want to look like you at the end of the process. We've all seen people get record contracts, and by the time they're spit out by the machine, we don't even recognize them.

I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.

I started my own record label.

We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us.

It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers.

I'm still involved in the business of Cheap Trick, so I keep my eye on that kind of stuff.