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

— Rostam Batmanglij

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

— Justin Vernon

When I got my record deal at Atlantic, at the time, 'indie' wasn't a style of music: it was a kind of label. And…

— Kristian Bush

Indie music is picking up and artistes are more confident about putting out music with no big name attached to it.

— Amaal Mallik

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

— Britt Daniel

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

— Lykke Li

I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image.…

— Grimes

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with…

— Yoko Ono

I always have looked at "indie" as a term of "independence." Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop…

— Solange Knowles

I've always been indie.

— Big Freedia

I have always believed that indie music is the space where the real music actually happens, which actually sets the trend.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't pin you…

— Andrew Bird