Art Quote by Anonymous

As a new artist there are so many new ways to put music out there where you don't necessarily need a label because now…

— Ashanti

Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do.

— El-P

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should…

— Lindsey Stirling

I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't.

— Freddie Gibbs

Being an independent artist showed me that I don't need a label. Obviously, it helps. But I took my time choosing one because I…

— Chappell Roan

I've seen a lot of artists fall out with their labels and be irrelevant when they come back.

— Scarface

I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.

— SZA

I encourage other artists to remember that labels need you. You don't need them.

— Chappell Roan

It used to be that labels would spend two or three or four albums developing a new artist before they threw in the towel…

— Lari White

With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.

— Bonnie Raitt

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

— Patti Smith