Major Label Quotes

26 quotes by 24 authors

• The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. — Jello Biafra
• If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up. — Mickey Gilley
• For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot… — Jack White
• I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful.… — Macklemore
• I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made… — Neko Case
• It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label... Most people don't have any dignity in the first place. — Kurt Cobain
• Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all… — Robin Pecknold
• I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22. — Nate Ruess
• I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was… — Juliana Hatfield
• You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus… — Mary Chapin Carpenter
• If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to… — Dave Van Ronk
• For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly discovering that the… — Michael Azerrad
• I feel that I want what allows me to reach the largest number of people as possible, and I don't feel ashamed of that. I… — Jon Crosby
• The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music… — Kina Grannis
• You don't need a major label and they sure don't need you. — Alan Light
• As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't… — Talib Kweli
• I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. — Shirley Manson
• I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it. — Chris Martin
• The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from… — Win Butler
• I loved Fugazi, the D.C. hardcore band, because they always did everything themselves. They had their own label, and the CDs always cost nine dollars,… — Spike Jonze

Who Wrote These Major Label Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 26 Major Label Quotes as follows:

• 2 Major Label Quotes by Buzz Osborne
• 2 Major Label Quotes by Jon Crosby
• 1 Major Label Quote by Mike Peters
• 1 Major Label Quote by Billy Sherwood
• 1 Major Label Quote by Jello Biafra
• 1 Major Label Quote by Mickey Gilley
• 1 Major Label Quote by Jack White
• 1 Major Label Quote by Macklemore
• 1 Major Label Quote by Neko Case
• 1 Major Label Quote by Kurt Cobain
• 1 Major Label Quote by Robin Pecknold
• 1 Major Label Quote by Nate Ruess
• 1 Major Label Quote by Juliana Hatfield
• 1 Major Label Quote by Mary Chapin Carpenter
• 1 Major Label Quote by Dave Van Ronk
• 1 Major Label Quote by Michael Azerrad
• 1 Major Label Quote by Kina Grannis
• 1 Major Label Quote by Alan Light
• 1 Major Label Quote by Talib Kweli
• 1 Major Label Quote by Shirley Manson
• 1 Major Label Quote by Chris Martin
• 1 Major Label Quote by Win Butler
• 1 Major Label Quote by Spike Jonze
• 1 Major Label Quote by Robyn Hitchcock