There was no desire to kill the matador, just the desire…

I'll down 40 Dog in a single gulp, and if you got beef, you'll get beat to a pulp.

— Beastie Boys

The desire to kill is like the desire to attack another with an ingot of red -hot iron: I have to pick up the…

— Thomas Merton

That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.'

— Kurt Vile

The bull is stronger, but the matador is smarter.

— Muhammad Ali

If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind.

— Kurt Vile

Not that Matador is a major label, but its major enough for me. On one level we're on Matador, but our amps still might…

— Kurt Vile

A matador is a guy who didn't have enough people skills to be promoted to serial killer.

— Scott Adams

I am super excited to be a part of the Matador team.

— Scotty Lago

“Her words echoed in his mind. I love you, she’d said. She loved him. Hope dawned in his face. Someone loved him, not for…

— Grace Willows

“It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists.”

— George Orwell

The desire to kill is like the desire to attack another with a red hot iron. I have to pick up the incandescent metal…

— Thomas Merton

I feel like the expectations have gone up. It's not a complaint, but it's a little intimidating. People are like, 'Oh, you're on Matador.…

— Lucy Dacus

I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing. The tension, the desire to kill a woman had built up…

— David Berkowitz

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

— Karl Kraus

What's cool about Matador is that everyone I've met there is just so chill and really into what they're doing. Everyone that works there,…

— Lucy Dacus