Indie Quotes · Page 4

I do like to have a clean slate, especially when you're in indie film.

— Riley Stearns

We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.

— Rosie Perez

The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes.

— David Tennant

I never identified with 'indie,' I don't like that word.

— Rostam Batmanglij

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

— Aziz Ansari

It's just weird that indie rock heads and so on are connecting to my music.

— Prefuse 73

Being an indie artist, you have to fight for position against a major.

— Raheem DeVaughn

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

— Badshah

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

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 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

The indie shows are tons of fun. And for the fans, having that up close and personal experience is so different to…

— Mickie James

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

— Anonymous

People have said on blogs - which is kind of where I decide where to describe my style, from other people telling…

— BØRNS

I identify as being an independent artist. I think people often forget that Indie is actually short for independent. For me, the…

— Mirah

It's such a pleasure hosting 'Indie Hain Hum' season 2. My love for Indie artists and music has grown and shown me…

— Tulsi Kumar

I can pour myself into Bon Iver. It's a thing about self- and mental discovery, and those are all important things. But…

— Justin Vernon

If you're doing an indie and you have time, sometimes you can do take after take after take, but if you're working…

— Aja Naomi King

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows…

— A. J. Bowen

I used to think of 'alternative rock' as a radio format, kind of the way 'indie rock' used to have more meaning.…

— Aaron Dessner

“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

An excellent indie horror book with a wholly original premise.

— Mike Carey

“Indie publishing lets me feed my inner control freak.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

I did a short film called 'Disco' and won an award for Best Supporting Actor at an indie film festival, and that…

— Charlie Rowe

Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record.

— Jon Bellion

We're kind of a weird band anyway, where we never fit in with indie or pop. We never really sat with either…

— Katie White

I don't think I'm kind of universally known. I think in the indie world I'm probably better known than in some mainstream…

— Steve Coogan

On a big film, there's almost no way you can meet everyone. On an indie, there are 30 people and no trailers…

— Aaron Paul

As a kid, my dad would take me to see indie films when I would visit him in New York. Films that…

— Mahershala Ali

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

— Moby

I think of the size of the movies that got made in like the '90s, etc. At some point everything got so…

— Julio Torres

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

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you'll never discover new materials from new Indie Authors. Who are…

— CeDany

I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana…

— Laura Bell Bundy