#abe

'Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along. ↗

— Emeli Sande

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I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist. ↗

— Emeli Sande

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It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there. ↗

— Deion Sanders

#contract #gonna #lot #something #soup

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting. ↗

— Dougray Scott

#because #everybody #i #label #method

You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels. ↗

— Billy Sherwood

#bad #days #good #good and bad #i

Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine. ↗

— John Shirley

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I have had the good fortune to experience both the limelight and the traffic light as a musician. I did my first recording on my own and it was available at concerts. The second to seventh were released on small and then large labels. My eighth to 14th were done under my own steam once again, but with the benefit of the Internet. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#available #benefit #both #concerts #did

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. ↗

— Patti Smith

#labels #resistant #traditionally

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'. ↗

— Raymond Smullyan

#correctly #critical #i #labeled #ones

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business. ↗

— Sammy Sosa

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