Boss Quote by Evan Dando

It's a very generational thing: I am not interested in labels. I am who I am. I will love who I love, and that's…

— Peter Paige

It was a lot easier to write songs before I had a record deal, because the record labels and the industry doesn't mean to…

— Ashton Shepherd

We have incredible record labels in Australia, but sometimes they have a preconceived idea of how to do things.

— Jessica Mauboy

When our video of 'Smooth Criminal' came out, suddenly we started getting all kinds of offers. We were getting calls from TV shows like…

— Luka Sulic

I think record cover sleeves really led towards, but at the same time the album as we know it didn't come into being until…

— DJ Spooky

In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's…

— Patrick Carney

I consider us to be one of the first Internet-based bands, especially because we basically started our entire band via the Internet. Before MySpace…

— Jack Barakat

My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether…

— Trent Reznor

You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.

— Sean Parker

I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label…

— Lana Del Rey

I had to learn the hard way. There was a blindness, without any education or will or drive. Everything I started in the beginning…

— Rob Dyrdek

The big, big record labels have so much control. I think too much control that it actually made their artists scared to not do…

— Joss Stone