Aufzeichnung / Record Firmen / Companies Frau / Woman Kommen / Coming Material Mittleren Alters / Middle-Aged Original Plattenfirmen / Record Companies Sehr / Very Sie / Them Unterhalten / Entertain Wenige / Few Wer / Who Wille / Will
I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.
I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.
I usually make records very quickly. I usually go in and record them and mix them, and I'm done within a couple of weeks.
Leaving Interscope was not a personal thing. These record companies are a certain kind of machine, and we weren't able to function in it.
I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing.
A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.
Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables.
Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.
