Benefits Quote by Lester Bowie

The only thing major labels can really offer is money.

— Conor Oberst

If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success.…

— Verite

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I…

— Talib Kweli

Major labels don't want to take chances on cooler, indie kind of things. People only know, unfortunately, what they're being spoon-fed.

— Erick Morillo

The thing about being on the majors, from the beginning, going into this, I was like, "I'm not going to be treated like a…

— Beth Ditto

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

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art…

— Malcolm Wilson

Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so…

— Ian MacKaye

It's not like our own label. We don't need our own label no more. It's bigger than that, you know I sayin'? It's so…

— Mobb Deep

I've been on a major label for 14 years. I've always wanted as many people as possible to hear my music, and it definitely…

— DJ Shadow

I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be…

— Macklemore

For us, being a label, we took out the whole aspect of the business that goes into sifting through people who don't care, who…

— Zac Hanson