Labels Quote by Talib Kweli

If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success.…

— Verite

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

You don't need a major label and they sure don't need you.

— Alan Light

Why does everyone need to have a label?

— A. J. Pritchard

When you are signed to a major label, everyone wants to have a say in who you are and what you are doing.

— Jessica Origliasso

You would think that anyone on a major label would be doing something, but when you speak of major label that means something to…

— Lester Bowie

A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are

— Heather Brewer

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

— Michael Penn

You don't need to depend on a label, because you're making that money on your own.

— Tink

The only thing major labels can really offer is money.

— Conor Oberst

You rarely get money out of labels, except for when they open up a budget for a project. Other than that, it's a do-or-die…

— Anonymous

I have never gotten into the label thing.

— Diana Ross