#labels

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

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game. ↗

— Courtney Love

#believe #cash #fun #game #get

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#battle #because #been #circle #creating