Band Quote by Mat McNerney

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label anymore. Everything…

— Travis Scott

“Some people were like rubber bands--willing to stretch but eager to snap back into place at the first opportunity.”

— Stephanie Bond

If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is wait. There…

— Steve Albini

I am really proud of where me and Ghastly's track 'Crank It' ended up. It was our first music video and big label release.…

— Mija

To release a single, a musician no longer needs to rely on a big label or production house, which are usually inaccessible.

— Ankit Tiwari

When you're signed to a big label you're always in the position of convincing them, especially now because labels are barely keeping the lights…

— Moby

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed…

— Mike Peters

We didn't have that big-label push. We weren't the kind of band that our label Warner Bros. Records was going to throw all this…

— Wayne Static

Doing things in my day was simple: you either signed to a big label or you signed to a very small label, and you…

— Rick Astley

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my…

— Danny Brown

I usually license my stuff to a label. Make the album, license it to a big label and get it back after four years.

— John Waite

I'm a free agent. I want the major-label budget for my next album, but I'm too big for the label to pay me. I…

— Keak da Sneak