Boss Quote by Evan Dando

I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it.

— Jessica Simpson

More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't…

— Matthew Sweet

I've never been told to do anything. I've never been hurried along by anybody - the kind of so-called 'pressure' of record labels doesn't…

— Amy Macdonald

I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.

— Teena Marie

I've dealt with a record label in the past.

— Jack Conte

That's why I made my record before I had a label. I put it out independently - in a way, out of fear -…

— Aubrie Sellers

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.

— Ice T

This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a home and…

— Andy Taylor

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

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

— Rosanne Cash

Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we had some…

— Christian Burns

I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out.

— Trent Reznor