Quotes of: Independent-label Keyword

I was never officially signed with Akon, but it was a shopping deal. That was around the time he was going through some problems with his label at Interscope. I waited, but when a deal didn't happen, I just went out on my own.

French Montana

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

Shelby Lynne

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff.

Adam Rich

You rarely get money out of labels, except for when they open up a budget for a project. Other than that, it's a do-or-die type thing.

Two Chainz

As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base.

Greg Ginn

It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.

Sienna Miller

At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting in a room watching a record go round, looking at the colour of the labels.

Elton John

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.

Juliana Hatfield

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

Kina Grannis

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

Shelby Lynne

I feel like my music has become a lot of things. It's hard to label the evolution, but I like there to be an evolution. I just like to paint with all different kinds of colors.

Taylor Swift

In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.

Rita Ora

Jesse James's next tattoo should be a warning label: Danger. Loving this man could break you.

Alafair Burke

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

Aneurin Bevan

I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.

Abbi Jacobson

I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.

Adam Jones

I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.

Adam Lambert

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

Arlen Specter

Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.

Yotam Ottolenghi

It's a wonderful thing to make work that is unadorned either by context, framing or label, that can exist in the changing conditions of light, weather, wind.

Antony Gormley

Basically, women have to prove they are strong at all times. And then when they go on the attack, they have to not appear mean because those women often get the label of being catty.

Julie Nixon Eisenhower