One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey.
Patrick CarneyThere is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
Patrick CarneyIn theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's like, you borrow $100,000 from a record label, so you don't make any money until you make back that money for them. In theory, they have you held hostage, so you've got to do every little stupid thing that they want you to do.
Patrick CarneyWhen no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start selling records, you can't really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials. It looks greedy. And it is greedy. This whole music thing should be about music.
Patrick Carney