Label Quotes
In a certain way, we felt almost like spies in the major label world. We were coming from some other world, and we somehow got our foot in the door and crept in and were prowling around, checking things out and taking back reports from the front.
Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth
I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.
Bryan Ferry
Roxy Music
I'm really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there's sound and visuals. When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It's a feeling that you can't label with words.
Black Francis
Pixies
Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.
Blake Mycoskie
We're obviously not a platinum-selling band, and yet we've managed to maintain a career on a major label through all this time, and I think we always felt like we were, to a certain degree, infiltrators there. And it's been an interesting thing. It's all been like a big art project for us.
Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth
I don't have any pressure on myself. I don't have a big record label backing me. I'm doing it all myself.
Mel B
Spice Girls
When you’re signed to a big label and they’re giving money for you to do things, you can’t do whatever you want. Like, I wouldn’t be able to make a totally indie punk record. You need to find the balance.
Alma
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.
Estelle
When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth.
Amanda Knox
When we look at the undiluted, radical message of Jesus, we see that it was never about wearing a theological label, subscribing to a particular theological structure, or even about becoming a Christian. The undiluted message of Jesus is, and always has been, a straightforward invitation to follow him, and to learn to be like him.
Benjamin L. Corey
When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.
Tommy Shaw
Styx
I think if you're an artist my advice to you is really stick to your guns and don't make records for anyone else. If you sign to a record label they always want to change you and you don't really need in a label that much anymore unless you're a real Pop band where they have to spend a lot of money on you.
Paul Hardcastle
I'm not with a label, so I haven't ever felt pressure to be a certain way. I've got a cool team who just love music.
Jorja Smith
I have a lot of dislike for the business end of the music business, particularly what they call shopping for a label. It can be a real stupid thing.
Grant Hart
Hüsker Dü
We live in a society that wants to label you with a color, sexuality, religion, or ethnicity. It divides us, but it also allows us to find pride in our identity.
Logan Browning
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.
George Meany
Our first single wasn't put out by any big-name record company. We had been playing in clubs for a while and we wanted to put out an EP. None of the record companies would have us. They told us that our type of rock and roll wasn't happening. We decided to show 'em they were wrong, so we recorded the stuff on our own and put it out on our own private label, Bludgeon Riffola Records. When it started to sell a lot of copies, the record companies 'suddenly' discovered us. It was strange, but we felt vindicated.
Steve Clark
Def Leppard
My label can mold me into whatever they want me to be. Even with my own style of music, it's pretty much universal. Anybody can listen to it and find something that they like on it. I never really got pressured to be a certain way.
Brianna Taylor
