Band Quote by Wayne Static

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

It seemed record companies wanted bands to be creative because they didn't know how to manufacture underground music. We could do our own thing…

— Hope Sandoval

The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that…

— Tom DeLonge

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

When we signed with Warner Bros., they knew what they were getting. They knew they weren't going to get some easily manipulated prepackaged pop…

— Michael Stipe

Bands are more willing to take risks and we don't need this big label over us anymore telling us what it means to sell…

— Mat McNerney

Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.

— Bruce Dickinson

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting…

— Zacky Vengeance

People don't really buy records anymore, so record companies won't invest in bands like us. They want cookie-cutter acts.

— Curt Smith

This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a home and…

— Andy Taylor

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

Being signed to a major label, it's a big machine behind you. There are so many people that are working to push the record.

— Trina