Differences Quote by M.I.A

The difference with a major label and independent is mainly resources. That's the difference that I feel sometimes where I as an artist would…

— Goapele

Independent labels take nothing and make something out of it. Major labels buy that something, and try to make more out of it.

— Tom Silverman

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

When I got my record deal at Atlantic, at the time, 'indie' wasn't a style of music: it was a kind of label. And…

— Kristian Bush

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

— Walter Jon Williams

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

All the independents, a few major labels. The big studios who still give niggas favors.

— Devin Tha Dude

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

For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A…

— Jack White

The big labels have less of a stranglehold on artists and how they record and where they go.

— Kim Wilde

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

— Ken Liu

Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.

— Shawn Fanning