Band Quote by Steve Albini

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

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

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

The music industry has completely restructured itself in the last couple of years because it hasn't been making money. Labels are signing bands they…

— Caroline Polachek

You know, unfortunately, when a band signs a contract, you're a commodity.

— Marky Ramone

A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.

— Adam Rich

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

— Talib Kweli

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

Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.

— Peter Steele

You wait all your life to be signed by a major label, and then when they sign you, they don't want you to do…

— Allan Holdsworth

I would advise any new young band to get good, independent legal advice before signing anything.

— Tony Hadley

We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could…

— Adrian Smith