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The Independent Record Store is the reason why i STILL do music...It seems like they're the only ones that Really care about the real music lovers...we need them...they're our balance to all of the music we are FORCED to listen to...they're the only ones that may still suggest something NEW and FRESH instead of just what's popular. -- DJ Jazzy Jeff
I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd. -- Patrick Stump
I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling. -- Jay London
I miss the experience of walking into a record store and find old stuff without expecting to. -- Mark Hoppus
I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store. -- Tori Amos
It's a great meeting place, community center, art gallery, singles bar, music venue. The record store really covers a lot of ground. -- Gary Calamar
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 Carney
One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records. -- Raf Simons
I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store. -- Herb Alpert
My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life. -- Sophia Amoruso
Whenever I go to a new city, whether visiting or vacationing, I would always make that a point to get to the record store early on, just to get my bearings and see what was going on around town. -- Gary Calamar
I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.' -- Iggy Pop
Whether I'm doing music or I'm walking down the street or I'm in a record store buying a record or I walk into a comic store and I'm buying comics or having a drink with my friends, it's the same me. -- Glenn Danzig
I did find some time to go to a record store and check out 'Headstrong' actually in the racks. It was pretty cool; I never thought I'd see my own CD sitting there with everyone else's. I made my Mom take lots of pics! -- Ashley Tisdale
Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore. -- Scott Ian
When I was growing up in the early '70s and really getting into music, waiting outside the record store for that 45, waiting for a single from The Dead, The Clash, David Bowie, or T-Rex or something to be there. There was something about that that was so special. -- Dave Gahan
Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry record store in Athens, where Peter Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to visit. And even their later manager, Bertis Downs, they all met and congregated at that record store. So I'm sure we wouldn't see those without the record store. -- Gary Calamar
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star. -- Bryan Adams
I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases. -- Gary Calamar
One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in - I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece. -- Imelda May
There's nothing as glamorous to me as a record store. -- Paul McCartney
My advice is, don't spend money on therapy. Spend it in a record store. -- Wim Wenders
I went to a record store, they said they specialized in hard-to-find records. NOTHING WAS ALPHABETIZED! -- Mitch Hedberg
Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store. -- Daron Malakian
Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont. -- Brody Armstrong
Try this experiment: one day go in a record store and just try and guess what the music sounds like by looking at the album cover. -- DJ Spooky
I grew up working at a record store and listening to vinyl. Even if it's side A and B, there's always this continuity that really turned me on about music. -- Amos Lee
I definitely didn't have a lot of money. I had been fired from a record store. I was just trying to get by. I was on unemployment. I didn't have anything going full-time. -- Avey Tare
I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that. -- Noah Baumbach

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