Band Quote by Lauren Mayberry

I have always believed that indie music is the space where the real music actually happens, which actually sets the trend.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it was all…

— Yoko Ono

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making…

— Nate Ruess

It's a long process transitioning from indie to mainstream, and it's not that easy because it's a different environment when you are in the…

— Coco Martin

You see a lot of bands and a lot of artists making that mistake: They become successful for doing something, and then they change…

— Passenger

We're kind of a weird band anyway, where we never fit in with indie or pop. We never really sat with either of those…

— Katie White

Because I didn't have a band I took electronic music and tried to mix it with indie-punk, and I became a pioneer in a…

— Peaches

I always felt, rather than play by the mainstream standards, we've always done what we do and the mainstream has finally decided to, like…

— Marilyn Manson

I feel like the music speaks for itself. Actually, we had less to prove than most bands coming out at the time because they…

— Gym Class Heroes

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with…

— Yoko Ono

We've always done a bunch of musically diverse things. We were just showing a broader side of the band, the more melodic stuff we…

— Dimebag Darrell

Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new yardstick. And…

— Michael Azerrad