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