Independent Quote by Tom Silverman

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I…

— Talib Kweli

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

— Tink

Why does everyone need to have a label?

— A. J. Pritchard

I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.

— Adam Jones

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

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

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

Being an independent artist showed me that I don't need a label. Obviously, it helps. But I took my time choosing one because I…

— Chappell Roan

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

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

— Alan Light

I think people think that labels can get you features more than you can get your own. I just doesn't work like that.

— Kid Ink

Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do.

— El-P