Designer Quote by Sheherazade Goldsmith

Independent labels take nothing and make something out of it. Major labels buy that something, and try to make more out of it.

— Tom Silverman

Running a label in 2013, you don't do it for any financial purpose, you do it for all the amazing creative aspects of what…

— Erol Alkan

My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether…

— Trent Reznor

I think people think that labels can get you features more than you can get your own. I just doesn't work like that.

— Kid Ink

Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.

— Ashley Thomas

I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.

— Adam Jones

Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

— Bryan Batt

I try not to assign labels to myself. Sometimes I shop in the plus section, and sometimes I don't. I feel we attach too…

— Philomena Kwao

“Although private label shoppers benefit from not having to pay for flashy advertising, private labels miss out on a key brand role: being vehicles…

— Greg Thain

I've put projects out on my own label twice now and been very successful which shows you don't need a major label to back…

— Bugzy Malone

I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.

— Jimmy Iovine

Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do.

— El-P