The record companies really do conspire against the artists. They steal. They cheat. They do whatever they can, especially the black artists.… Sony's Tommy Mottola is the president of the record division. He is mean. He is a racist, and he's very, very, very devilish.
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Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (6 July 2002)Michael Jackson
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"When I grew up, artists were more focused on their actual music (lyrics) than were their record sells. And that artists today care more about record sells than their music.(informal)"
Ray Cash
(About Pop Idols) Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. ... But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean.
Morrissey
This is not rocket science. Instead of spending all this money litigating against kids who are the people they're trying to sell things to in the first place, they have to learn how to effectively use the Internet. For the artists, my ass... I didn't ask them to protect me, and I don't want their protection. (cited in Disturbed Singer Blasts Record Companies Over Lawsuits Against Downloaders, Blabbermouth.net, 11 september 2003)
David Draiman
Good artists copy; great artists steal.
Steve Jobs
I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don't like that, then tough tills, don't go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don't do homages.
Quentin Tarantino
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