Lonnie Liston Smith Quotes

“I just got back from the St. Kitts Music Festival. We go to Europe on the 25th of July, then we get back around August 3rd,”
Lonnie Liston Smith

“I guess it’s just [finding] the right deal. When you first start recording you’re not aware of the business of music because you’re so involved with the art of music. And then, all of a sudden, after so many years, you find out what the word ‘master’ means. Usually the artist writes all of the songs, does a lot of the production and everything, but [whoever] owns the masters has the power. Then after all [those] years you find that out and you say ‘Oh no!’ Then you try to look for the right recording deal. That’s one thing about the music industry. You could have the greatest record or CD on the planet Earth, but if the rest of the world doesn’t get an opportunity to hear it, then it’s lost. Distribution is so essential. I said ‘Well, here’s another learning experience!’”
Lonnie Liston Smith