Apples Quote by Mario Batali

Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.

— Jack Conte

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

— David Johansen

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

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

I'm indie through and through. I've always gone out with boys in bands.

— Alexa Chung

I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band.

— Kurt Elling

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

We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's the entire…

— Lee Ranaldo

I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they're…

— Taylor Swift

Most bands, when they sign with a major, are from an indie. They usually start off with a big dilemma. They think they're selling…

— James Dean Bradfield

Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we approach things.…

— Lauren Mayberry

There's a whole apparatus for indie bands now, but back in the eighties it was just getting built. The early people really took it…

— Michael Azerrad