Fed up Quote by The-Dream

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

At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.

— Vonda Shepard

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

The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent.…

— El-P

Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so…

— Ian MacKaye

For us, being a label, we took out the whole aspect of the business that goes into sifting through people who don't care, who…

— Zac Hanson

I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the…

— Mary J. Blige

The thing that I did not like about being signed to a label was I unable to have control over what I wanted to…

— Jessica Sanchez

My problem was never with the major label, it was with the guy who we put our trust in and then wouldn't take my…

— John Britt Daniel

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

Being signed to a major label was never an option because I knew having the time to find out who you are without pressure…

— Freya Ridings

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