Independent Quote by Talib Kweli

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

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.

— Peter Tosh

Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we had some…

— Christian Burns

My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going…

— Paul McCartney

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

Everybody is looking for a hit single but what the artists really need is an executive producer to help put better albums out.

— Rahki

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

— Kim Wilde

Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.

— Bruce McCulloch

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

— Kenny Chesney

If a new artist comes, and he doesn't have a good record label to invest in him, then there is no point.

— Guru Randhawa

Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound…

— Ray Charles

I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record... that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.

— Mitski