Art Quote by Fred Frith

I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.

— SZA

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.

— Walter Jon Williams

I hate genres. I think they're just marketing labels.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music…

— Bill Frisell

I don't really care that much about genre labels. I tend to write across a variety of different genres.

— Ken Liu

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

— Chino Moreno

I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political.

— Nelly

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should…

— Lindsey Stirling

Record labels collude with some of the radio stations, and the radio stations have their play lists, dependent upon what they call the, quote,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I don't like being pigeonholed. Why would you want to limit yourself to one style or one genre? Labels are something I want to…

— Slowthai

I'm trying to give people the chance to put out their music without the bullshit pressures of other labels.

— Dizzee Rascal

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes.

— Sean Parker