A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
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 CarneyRock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
Patrick CarneyI know that women in the music industry get treated a lot differently than men. I've seen it firsthand with somebody in particular, where it's almost that men like to treat women in the music industry like they can't make their own decisions.
Patrick Carney