Art Quote by Matt Corby

When you find fame, or you get signed to a record label, it's not what you imagined - because you imagined they would have…

— James Arthur

When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity…

— Mark McGrath

Times are completely different now. If you're a brand new artist with a record you want to release to the masses, I would suggest…

— Ashanti

The first two major label records I did what I wanted to do. It wasn't a problem until after I finished my part. They…

— Van Hunt

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

— Lady Gaga

I got a record label and I got a couple artists signed. All of them got real-deal.

— Young Dolph

In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as much as…

— Chuck D

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This…

— James Vincent McMorrow

I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break…

— Malcolm Wilson

I don't wait on the music industry to qualify me or give me my paycheck. I go about my business as an artist and…

— Perry Farrell

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

— Freddie Gibbs

The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.

— Corey Taylor