Indie Quotes · Page 3

You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don't have that.

— Dianne Wiest

In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.

— Parker Posey

I think there was a real lane built for indie bands during the time when Chairlift came up.

— Caroline Polachek

“She had words in her heart which she released thru her fingertips.”

— Eveli Acosta

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

— Whitney Cummings

I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.

— Sxip Shirey

Maybe I could do some indie film and get my kit off. I'd never say never.

— Konnie Huq

“All indies self-publish but not all self-publishers are indie.”

— Orna Ross

I like the glamorous indie rock look, like The Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm.

— Ed Westwick

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be…

— Scott Ian

I've always been in this weird indie world, and for a long time, I felt that it was not okay to be…

— Natalie Prass

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used…

— Jeff Daniels

When I was still doing indie, it was just purely art. I don't think about how much I will get paid or…

— Coco Martin

I know I'm not the 'Indie It Girl' and I'll never have a big breakout, big runaway success. And that's okay.

— Kathleen Edwards

I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

Because I didn't have a band I took electronic music and tried to mix it with indie-punk, and I became a pioneer…

— Peaches

I had a little indie label called No Core and Dave Grohl's first band was called, Dain Bramage so I out an…

— Reed Mullin

Today, the era has changed. Everybody is indie now. Everybody making a random stupid mobile app is essentially indie, because they make…

— Jenova Chen

The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for…

— William H. Macy

“Indie House's members behave like a post-modern nuclear family, with each person alternating the role of parent. Sometimes Johnston cooks and sometimes…

— Anonymous

Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass…

— Justin Vernon

There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget ones. There's just a different style.…

— Maika Monroe

I kept thinking, 'How do you make a modern musical?' Then it became clear that I could do it just like a…

— John Carney

“The Swedish indie scene is a narrow subculture kept alive by a small number of enthusiasts. Fifteen people in a basement in…

— Anonymous

To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label.

— Drake

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

— Justin Sirois

I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.

— Aaron Paul

I do indie films for the sense of fulfillment and to achieve my goals as an artist.

— Coco Martin

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

— Emma Kenney

I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.

— Christina Milian

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

— Kelela

I don't understand indie films. So, I won't do such films.

— Taapsee Pannu

I really want to be doing indie films or passion projects.

— Jenna Ortega

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

— Badshah

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

— Dizzee Rascal

You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.

— Samuel Larsen

When I was doing indie films, it wasn't cool and hip.

— Rosanna Arquette

I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.

— Lykke Li

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

— Pixie Lynn Whitfield

I'd like to be in a tiny indie where I'm lost at sea.

— Jenny Slate