Contracts Quote by Peter Steele

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

— Talib Kweli

When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee…

— Michael Sweet

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the…

— Steve Albini

The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that…

— Tom DeLonge

I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.

— Peter Steele

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

We had labels offering us deals the first year we formed - 1995 - but we were afraid of them going, 'Let's change this…

— Shavo Odadjian

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

— Tommy Shaw

The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens.

— Steve Albini

People get signed to labels by an executive who wants to make his mark at the label.

— Michael Penn

I never thought I would get signed to a label.

— Soccer Mommy

The thing that I did not like about being signed to a label was I unable to have control over what I wanted to…

— Jessica Sanchez