#labels

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me. ↗

— Rosanna Arquette

#dropped #frustrating #great #i #i love

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer. ↗

— Joan Baez

#first #folk #folk singer #human #human being

People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the band's existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening. I'm sure that it probably was. They probably had reasons to be scared. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#band #black #existence #flag #gigs

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#aspect #bands #best #concerned #easiest

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore. ↗

— Evan Dando

#around #boss #cos #hard #i

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

— Bruce Dickinson

#blame #blow #labels #major #major labels

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#estimation #i #labels #matters #me

So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years. ↗

— Jermaine Dupri

#consistent #def #game #labels #last

And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music, Downtown - it ends up being a struggle to stay out of debates that other people are having around you. ↗

— Fred Frith

#art #being #debates #downtown #ends

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#expect #inside #labels #slap #talk