Indie Quotes · Page 2

Slamdance actually is indie and rebellious. Sundance obviously felt threatened.

— Yony Leyser

“But—" yelped Twizbang, “Greydor will eat us!”

— Richard Due

It's an indie games and indica kind of Saturday.

— Kevin Pereira

“Some people are just sad when there aren't talking squirrels.” —Lily Winter”

— Richard Due

I think all indie filmmakers should just give up on distribution.

— Gavin McInnes

“Odd names: Winter, Autumn—they almost sound as if someone just made them up.” —Dubb”

— Richard Due

“You're smiling," Indie says. "I know." I say.”

— Ally Condie

Mal Blum's arrival on the indie scene gives us all hope for the future of smart music.

— Melissa Ferrick

Actually, the most entitled people I've met are indie rockers and indie actors, because they really believe their press.

— Moby

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there…

— Stephen Malkmus

I'd actually love to do more comedy, but what I really wanna do is an indie drama - an intense indie road-trip…

— Finn Wolfhard

'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but…

— Michael Douglas

It's a long process transitioning from indie to mainstream, and it's not that easy because it's a different environment when you are…

— Coco Martin

I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!

— Mika

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there…

— David Byrne

I feel like there are a number of indie artists... as they grow, it makes the most sense for them to pivot…

— Michelle Zauner

Bollywood is such a space where you get to work with so many genres. Genres being pushed isn't the way of looking…

— Amit Trivedi

When I was in Pulp, I actively did more TV stuff because that was during the Great Britpop Wars, and it seemed…

— Jarvis Cocker

It's very difficult for a woman to just pop up in the studio system. But I think the same systemic issues that…

— Nia DaCosta

If you do an indie film, where it's like, "We don't have a lot of money to give you, but we'll really…

— Dave Bautista

I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I have plenty of dream roles because there is so much I want to do, but my dream year would be to…

— Katie Featherston

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream…

— Ryan Tedder

If you buy my book at Walmart, I don't want you to read it. I want you to set it on fire.…

— Sara Benincasa

“With the indie kids you have to remember this: they really think that what they do matters in some way. They reckon…

— John Niven

I'd like to thank all the indie stores from Florida to California and all points in between for being so welcoming in…

— Charlie Louvin

Of course you want to keep making good records, but I think there were certain aspects to the indie rock situation at…

— Lee Ranaldo

I've always loved pop music. I've always loved indie, even electronic, even trap.

— Chloe Kohanski

I've never cared about being indie or cool. I wanted to be on 'Top of the Pops.'

— Shaun Ryder

I would be perfectly happy doing an indie film that had some really cool creative ideas.

— Robert Stromberg

Im really into the indie-music scene and listen to a lot of De La Soul.

— J. R. Celski

I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.

— Kirsten Dunst

A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio.

— Laura Bell Bundy

I'm really into the indie-music scene and listen to a lot of De La Soul.

— J. R. Celski

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies.

— Kristen Wiig

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.

— Edward Burns

I travel as much as I can in order to escape reality as long as I can

— Gagan Cambow

I've written a soulful record but it's informed by my sort of indie guitar past.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.

— Dawn Richard