Artist Quote by David Byrne Download Open image “I can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it.” — David Byrne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Deny Every Every Success Gave Leg Me Needs Successful Though Up
I'm going to keep proving people wrong, whether it's my record label, other artists. — Donnis Copy Share Image
It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed… — Mike Peters Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I could never release something on the label I didn't personally love. The label's really an extension of my own musical career, and I'm… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
It's a great thing not trying to make music for a label but just for the love of music again. — Lari White Copy Share Image
When you find fame, or you get signed to a record label, it's not what you imagined - because you imagined they would have… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
There's a lot of one-hit wonders and a lot of come-and-go artists and even the labels give up on you after a couple years. — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of artists fall out with their labels and be irrelevant when they come back. — Scarface Copy Share Image
If I had a label, everything would have been easier. But it wouldn't have been the same album, from the cover art to the… — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable.… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“All that interconnectedness that facilitated much of the explosion of megawealth over the last decade also facilitated the interpenetration of everything, so no one… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“I pick up a copy of Newsweek on the plane and immediately notice how biased, slanted, and opinionated all the U.S. newsmagazine articles are.… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
When you fall in love, you feel like a missing piece of a puzzle that's been found. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction? — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to… — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point? — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image