Day Quote by Ronnie Radke

Record labels today are much less patient: Artists have a bad record, and they're gone.

— Kenny Chesney

I didn't even know that small bands played in Las Vegas. I just thought it was, like, Celine Dion and stuff.

— Kevin Parker

I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.

— Teena Marie

I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's…

— John Varvatos

In the early 1970s. 1971, '72. The rooms were closing down, record labels weren't signing acoustic acts any more. Although they had been pretty…

— Dave Van Ronk

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

— Kim Wilde

I don't care if the record labels survive. The music will survive anyhow.

— Peter Sunde

People don't really buy records anymore, so record companies won't invest in bands like us. They want cookie-cutter acts.

— Curt Smith

The real producers back in the day didn't sit there and play every single instrument. They made sure the record had the best performance…

— Kenny Beats

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

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.

— Greg Ginn

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

— Freddie Gibbs