There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done.
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ART GARFUNKEL Well, we're about 24 million subscribers today, and that's up from about 15 million a year a... REED HASTINGS A lot of bad music sells a million copies; I don't think it's a good litmus test for whether... BEN LOVETT I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through gr... CHANTAL KREVIAZUK We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer. WAYNE COYNE Musicians were always coming and going in our house. My parents didn't play much, but they were ... ERIK HASSLE No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any re... THURSTON MOORE The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician ... VINCE GILL I admire Kings of Leon. I think their records are amazing. Just from hanging out with them, I can sa... NICK JONAS The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Mo... CHANNING TATUM If the FBI can persuade a court that there is probable cause that there are stolen records in that c... STEVEN AFTERGOOD A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're ... WENDELL PIERCE Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hou... JACK WHITE The alternate media are becoming important and viable alternatives to playing live. Records, videos,... JERRY GARCIA There's plenty of people who can sing OK that make terrific records, and I love them from afar. ... DAVID FOSTER I've always felt like there's a certain amount of doing what I do, and performing and making... CHRIS CORNELL Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle recor... AFRIKA BAMBAATAA For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very... JOHN ZORN You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people wil... KEVIN SMITH I want to get people back on records that have been out of it for a little while, that still got cra... JOHN CENA Well, he did sell a lot of records, ... I'd rather hear Sister Gertrude in the Top 10 than the new L... KING BRITT Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about... IAN MACKAYE Katherine Harris would have Florida voters believe she's on the verge of being destitute because, sh... DAN MCLAUGHLIN Hurricane Katrina increased law firms' awareness of the importance of proper records retention. One ... JAMES RHYNER If drummers are 'anti-solo,' that's up to them. They're musicians, and they can play... NEIL PEART They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea w... EDWARD SNOWDEN Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. 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