Music Industry Networking Quotes

When I worked with M.I.A., who was, like, the coolest person back then, she was just a girl I met on the Internet. Or even when I met Azealia Banks on Myspace, I never thought, 'Oh, she's cool.' I just loved what she was doing. So I've always been like that. And I think, as a producer, that's what you've gotta do.

If I was rich enough, I would love to launch my own record label. I would love to try and give all my musically talented friends a start in the industry.

I paid attention to the music industry and watching a lot of stuff on TV, behind-the-scenes stuff on old DVDs, and paying attention to interviews from artists and rappers and just really watching a lot of stuff as a kid.

Basically, there's a good friend of mine who works at EMI Publishing, a publishing company. He had asked me - he was like, you know, do you know this girl, Amy Winehouse? She's in New York for a day. She's kind of meeting people to maybe work with on her second album.

I used to do a lot of one-off collabs, features, stuff like that.

Since I was 18 I was in the record industry doing my own thing, and I had to be that strong person.

I do a lot of collaborations and productions, whether it's Switch or Steve Aoki or No ID or Will Smith or No Doubt - I always like to collaborate and be a quality control person for the people 'cause I have my own taste in music and bring that to other peoples' brands and help them learn a little bit.

I don't think many people get second chances when it comes to the music scene.

Musically, I wear many hats. I'm the social media director. I conceptualise the videos, write the songs, do the press. I'm not a major label act.

The reality of the music industry is that I was a 22-year-old college graduate who was able to walk into boardrooms and be the one in charge. It's incredibly empowering. I wasn't ready - I definitely was not ready - but I was prepared as I possibly could have been because I had studied the music industry.

I applied for a job on 'Melody Maker' once.

If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.

All music industry places are the same, really. They have the same dynamics and the same concerns and the same needs.

When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did.

A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.

I'm in a crazy business. The music industry is really tough, and I fight for my life. I just want to make everybody happy.

Music reality shows provide a platform to people who have talent and gives them visibility and exposure. It is a win-win situation for participants.

A lot of people, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and a lot of people have written for other people, and of course Bruno Mars. So I think it's a great way to break into the industry and show people what you can do and show them your talent and people tend to listen a little differently to your own music as an artist, when you've proven yourself as a good songwriter for other artists.

Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved.

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry.

I've had the new band experience plenty of times, and sometimes, it just sort of peters out.

I don’t need the factory behind me. I just need help getting my music heard.

Back in the early '90s, I started going to Nashville to do a lot of co-writes. One of the first people I met there was Keith Follese. Keith and his wife Adrienne are both songwriters, and we wrote some songs together.

I don't think we've ever been in an interview where someone hasn't asked, 'How did you guys get together?'