#abe

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 to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now. ↗

— Mike Peters

#big #breaks #chewed #failure #getting

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#avoid #being #disposal #done #everything

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#being #either #expense #label #labeled

So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff. ↗

— Adam Rich

#back #because #careful #comes #deal

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff. ↗

— Adam Rich

#band #biggest #deal #far #goes

Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap. ↗

— Don Rickles

#building #eddie #elizabeth #elizabeth taylor #empire

Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#elizabeth #elizabeth taylor #fat #favorite #her

If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#boxes #coming #contracts #cracker #ever

'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

#anyone #artist #believed #clown #comes

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

#before #believe #built #clown #coming