Any Quote by Tika Sumpter

I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and…

— Shirley Manson

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

I was never actually signed to the label; I was just the annoying rapper that was always around at the studio sessions.

— JD Era

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name…

— Joe Cocker

You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span of five…

— Benji Madden

They think that I was like Amy Grant, when actually no! The label went bankrupt and maybe sold a couple hundred records and that's…

— Katy Perry

Major labels have always been around our band since the beginning, and we just waited. We knew we had to do some things, and…

— Brian Fallon

When young groups put out albums, they're always forced to go through this cycle of touring and talking and flaunting and posturing and peacocking.…

— Bradford Cox

We're not one of those groups who have one song on the radio and, boom, they're an instant success. We worked hard from day…

— Kevin Jonas

There were a number of false starts where I was trying to make solo albums. They would get constantly folded into group efforts. In…

— Lindsey Buckingham

We really clicked with the label and they understood what we wanted to do as a band. They gave us a lot of freedom…

— Ryan Ross

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and…

— Robbie Robertson