“I have a passion for music, I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.”— Cardi B, thefader.com
“We have this dichotomy in our heads of the starving artist and the rich and famous, sex-drugs-rock-and-roll, world-touring musician. And that myth is — I don’t even want to say dying. It’s dead. That myth is no longer true. But the rest of the world doesn’t know that yet.”— Jack Conte, theverge.com
“Mainstream publishing is a Rube Goldberg machine of perverse economic incentives, in which large numbers of mostly idiotic self-help guides, diet books, and airport thrillers subsidize an ever-shrinking number of mostly money-losing literary novels and books of poetry.”— Michael Bourne, themillions.com
“If the goal of an artist is to make a living doing what he or she loves, the system is designed to prevent all but a very few from achieving that dream. And if you can’t project revenues in a manageable way, you can’t make a living as a creator. It remains a hobby, and growth into a career is a long…”— Jason Tyrrell, artplusmarketing.com
“The massive power of commercial media can only be countered by alternative images from world art and culture.”— Camille Paglia, amazon.com