Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book.
People want to be the first with the record, they want to be the first to know which songs are on the record, all that kind of stuff. So I like to just stall them a bit. Personally, I love the idea of an album that's completely new, that no one's heard any free downloads, any pre-record releases, all that kind of stuff, and nothing's been played on the radio. Totally virgin, you know, a sealed record. That's my ideal, but it's very hard to get anybody else to agree to do that.
Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.
I know a lot of people that still buy comics, go to the shop every week, I know people who read them on an iPad. My brother reads on an iPad every week, he downloads his comics every week.
I don't care about the clubs, I don't care about the radio, all I care about is getting my digital downloads.
You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.
The day is coming when, in 45 seconds, you can download a movie.
Back in '96, I was on 'The Price Is Right' pointing at refrigerators, and 'Extra,' the TV show, came down. They were the first entertainment entity that put people up on the Internet, so they put my picture up, and America Online called the next day and said I got a zillion or whatever downloads. I didn't know what a download was!
Trust is everything. If I didn't have trust, there would be no downloads, no show, and no business.
Just invest in apps. Just download apps and then pay yourself the dividend.
The downloads, the licensing, commercials, radio - it's made me more money than any song I've ever written, and it only went to No. 26. It wasn't a big hit at all. But it's a career song ["I Can't Drive 55"].
Free downloads is something that I like to do its just not as publicised and it is the future of music.
I would happy for someone to download my music.
It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.
If you could download the entire universe in two minutes, would you?
As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.
I don't believe every download is a lost sale.
I download music just like anybody else, but it's a weird relationship when you're a musician.
