Deal Quote by Fat Joe

I'm an independent. I've signed with no label.

— Christina Grimmie

If you're an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it's hard to get a distribution deal because no…

— Aimee Mann

Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have…

— T.I

People get signed to labels by an executive who wants to make his mark at the label.

— Michael Penn

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

— Talib Kweli

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

— Chuck D

There was a moment, a few weeks after I signed, that it actually hit me. I was signed to a major label.

— Hozier

I'm signed to Atlantic through 300 Entertainment [Lyor Cohen's label]. That is my only contractual relationship.

— Young Thug

When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee…

— Michael Sweet

I never thought I would get signed to a label.

— Soccer Mommy

I don't see myself ever being in a position where I need to sign to a label.

— Chance The Rapper

If I'm trading bars with somebody, it certainly is not because I have a release coming. Joe Budden prides himself on the music and…

— Joe Budden