Independent Label Quotes

We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.

— Isaac Hanson

I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.

— Taylor Swift

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.

— Talib Kweli

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.

— Toby Keith

At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.

— Greg Laswell

I'm the first British artist to have two successive number ones on his own independent label.

— Dizzee Rascal

In the past I've had a very small independent label help me do an album and I'm so grateful for that, but…

— Megan McKenna

I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from…

— Kid Rock

If we meet some people that are in love with NFG that are a major label, then we'll sign with them. If…

— Chad Gilbert

I'm really happy with Elektra, I don't have anything bad to say about them at all. I always knew a major label…

— Jon Crosby

I just initiated the project where I write music for somebody else to write the lyrics and also for the orchestra to…

— Nobuo Uematsu

Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I…

— T.I

Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a…

— Hussein Chalayan

Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and aliens. If I had taken…

— Sturgill Simpson

This was early '90s and in New York hip-hop was coming on really strong; that was the sort of urban folk music…

— Lee Ranaldo