"The music business is suffering because fewer artists are being invested in. Labels are putting in less money, taking fewer risks and signing half as many artists as they did 10 years ago. Everything is risk averse right now and there are two ways to deal with a business situation like this: either reduce your risk or increase your return. They're reducing their risk to the bone and looking for ways with their 360 deals to increase their return. They're still not making money. Artists are suffering. Labels, or music investors, are suffering."

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Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

Tom Silverman

#Artist Quotes #Risk Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I try to stay away from forced intimacy.”
“I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect,' when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.”
“If you want something youâ€™ve never had, you must be willing to do something youâ€™ve never done.”
“What Nature bids is good, is wise, and faultless we obey.”

Source : John Armstrong (1739). “The Oeconomy of Love: A Poetical Essay”, p.19
“The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.”

Source : Xunzi, John Knoblock (1988). “Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works”, p.137, Stanford University Press
“I believe that business shouldn't be done in the public's eye anyway. And I believe that business shouldn't be handled in the magazines anyway. Business should be handled in the room amongst the people you're doing business with.”
“If you are great, 'El Topo' is a great picture. If you are limited, 'El Topo' is limited.”
“Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.”

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