Suge Knight Quotes

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

I don't think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.

I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.

You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

The high-tech business, the semiconductor business, it's very competitive. You're out there every day slugging it out, no different from players slugging it out on the ice.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?

You can't be rolling into town with stars in your eyes. A lot of people get to Nashville and immediately start selling themselves: 'Let's go to lunch and talk about the business!' Then you realize everyone is talented here.

The music industry is hard work, especially for women. A lot of people pit us against each other, comparing two body types or two women that are completely different. It's a lot of pressure.

Winning the Eurovision contest is just a door opener, this is not that you're set for life. Definitely not, don't mistake that, because you really have to work your behind off to sustain in this business.

Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and try to navigate through it, so much is so foreign to what musicians would actually want to do or what would be natural to them.

I don't really see a difference in independent and major labels. To me, it's pretty much the same. There used to be a difference between indies and major labels, but I don't think there is anymore.

The music industry can feel wonderful, but it can also feel very cold.

Major labels just lost their way. It's like the housing bubble. They lost a sense of the fundamentals.

The Internet has killed the traditional record business, but it's given back in the way of instant access.

It just took the right time. I was fully confident that I was going to see Sam Phillips and to record for him that when I called him, I thought, I'm going to get on Sun Records. So I called him and he turned me down flat. Then two weeks later, I got turned down again. He told me over the phone that he couldn't sell gospel music so - as it was independent, not a lot of money.

I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless.

I think in the old music, everything was so competitive. It was all about - very selfish in a lot of ways.

I don't know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business. Most of what was released has always been garbage and some has been able to get through and last. I don't know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn't as efficient. The music industry was more oddball guys who did it for fun and now they are huge corporations that have become more structured.

The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.

In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.

I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the internet, look at what they doing, then I look at ways to defeat them.

Let's Face it, - Sinatra is a king. He's a very sharp operator, a keen record chief, and has a keen appreciation of what the public wants.

Only sick music makes money today.