Giving Quote by Cupcakke

When a label is throwing money at you, you have to recoup it.

— Tony Palermo

When you're signed to a big label you're always in the position of convincing them, especially now because labels are barely keeping the lights…

— Moby

If you look at something like Spotify, many record labels are investors in the company. So from that standpoint, the money is all going…

— Om Malik

You rarely get money out of labels, except for when they open up a budget for a project. Other than that, it's a do-or-die…

— Anonymous

You don't need to depend on a label, because you're making that money on your own.

— Tink

The only thing major labels can really offer is money.

— Conor Oberst

I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the…

— Mary J. Blige

The business of a label is to make money - my business is to make music. I'm gonna get paid if I do it…

— The-Dream

When you are signed to a major label, everyone wants to have a say in who you are and what you are doing.

— Jessica Origliasso

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…

— Talib Kweli

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.

— Chuck D

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

— El-P