Control Quote by Lauv

Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without…

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr

I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't.

— Freddie Gibbs

The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk - they…

— Tom Silverman

I think for us, we don't feel like the future of music is in the act of being a record company. We feel like…

— Zac Hanson

Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself to the world is extremely democratic…

— Steve Albini

As a new artist there are so many new ways to put music out there where you don't necessarily need a label because now…

— Ashanti

With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.

— Bonnie Raitt

If you intend on building a solid career, it's best to not worry about the major label approach. It's a trade-off that most true…

— Raheem Jarbo

And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want…

— Patrick Carney

If you let record companies mold you into what they think you should be, your career won't last no matter how good your music…

— B-Real

Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future…

— Linda Perry

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want…

— Joe Nichols