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# Great Quote: “The Record Industry….”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/great-quote-the/
- Published: 2007-08-10T04:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-08-10T04:17:00.000Z
- Description: “The record industry, like many people, always has to be dragged kicking and screaming into its bliss. If they can mutate and reinvent themselves, basically as holding companies for artists. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/08/great-quote-the.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

> **“The record industry, like many people, always has to be dragged**  
> **kicking and screaming into its bliss. If they can mutate and reinvent**  
> **themselves, basically as holding companies for artists and their**  
> **interests, they will succeed. If they continue to see themselves in the**  
> **old manner, the new form just won’t take the old vision.”**

> –Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D’Arby) on the future of the music business ([ListenNerd](http://thelistenerd.wordpress.com/?ref=hypebot.com))