Indie Quotes · Page 4

A film that I love is 'Raising Arizona' and that's funny but it's quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I'd…

— Stephen Moyer

The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative.

— Julia Michaels

You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Indie movies can be a lot more stressful than studio pictures. The stakes are just as high whether you're talking $3 million…

— Brian Reitzell

If you're trying to solve a problem that is fundamentally important to human society, that's really important to our mission at Indie…

— Arvind Gupta

I really feel like indie films are where I learn to be a better actor, especially because they always give you a…

— Dave Bautista

I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss…

— John Oates

There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big…

— Sam Tsui

I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles…

— Courtney Ford

There are so many female directors coming into the industry and a lot of them have important stories they want to tell…

— Anne Fletcher

I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually…

— Amy Lee

I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La…

— Dean Wareham

It's amazing to me how quickly the industry will try to put you into a box. It's like, I did 'Beale Street.'…

— KiKi Layne

When I began my journey, my aim was to do indie music. While growing up, there was an abundance of it but…

— Jubin Nautiyal

It's wonderful to be appreciated for being quirky, and to see Zooey Deschanel and the quirky, indie film types get mainstream play…

— Mayim Bialik

You don't always just have to do an indie movie to feel like you're controlling it with a few people that you…

— Kristen Stewart

Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.

— Jack Conte

I'd like to do interesting indie films mixed with big, high-paying commercial blockbusters. 'One for you, one for me,' is what they…

— Rhys Wakefield

“Zarah, you do know that we are supposed to be a graceful species, don't you?”

— Pixie Lynn Whitfield

I think there's a lot more to pop than just sugarcoated indie pop. Maybe to me it's something that's accessible, catchy, something…

— Laura Smith

The trouble with indie music in India is it continues to be overshadowed by Bollywood.

— Badshah

I started my entire journey as an indie artist. Ownership has its benefits and it's just about putting in the work. I'm…

— Estelle

The indie film scene was like a playground for me, which allowed me to try all sorts of things without being judged.

— Jeon Yeo-been

I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

— Meghan Markle

I guess my music taste is pretty predictable: I like new indie rock stuff, older stuff.

— Aziz Ansari

We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular.

— Kelela

I love indie movies - I feel they can really allow you to develop a character.

— Emma Kenney

Im so indie, she thinks to herself as she puts the lyrics to Skinny Love as her Facebook status.

— Anonymous

I didn't grow up with indie rock - I mean, I listened to bands that are considered indie rock, but I think…

— Justin Vernon

NME is normally associated with indie rock. It ain't something I read as a kid.

— Dizzee Rascal

As a successful artist it is my job to give the indie scene as much of a push as I can.

— Badshah

In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out…

— Tom Scharpling

I kind of grew up in the indie world, and now that sort of writing and material is on television.

— Parker Posey

The indie movie world is like a bad Tinder date, and there are always strings attached.

— Whitney Cummings

“Tavin cupped his hands to his mouth. “Here, dragon-dragon-dragon!” he yelled. Lily stared in amazement. Well, that was bold, she thought, and…

— Richard Due

It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.

— Tatiana Maslany

“It was the freedom to experiment that made this experiment called Freedom possible.”

— Justin Sirois

I'd only do a deal with a label if it allowed me to still be indie and have that indie mentality. I…

— Dawn Richard

Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.

— Parker Posey

It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.

— Norah Jones