#labels

A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music. ↗

— Taylor Hanson

#hiring #know #labels #lot #more

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. ↗

— Brandon Thomas

#big #done #even #finger #just

Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly. ↗

— Criss Jami

#artists #bondage #boundaries #boxes #brilliance

Kate lost a mother," I said, "but I lost a nothing." Kate doesn't feel that way," Jack assured me. But what about everybody else besides Kate? How can I ever explain to anyone what she was when she and I had no name? People need names for everything. I wasn't a relative or a friend, I was just an object of her kindness." He wiped my cheeks, saying Ssshh. I buried my face in his shoulder. True kindness is stabilizing," I went on. "When you feel it and when you express it, it becomes the whole meaning of things. Like all there is to achieve. It's life, demystified. A place out of self, a network of simple pleasures, not a waltz, but like whirls within a waltz." You're the one now," Jack said definitively. "That's why you met her. She had something she had to pass on." (p. 95) ↗

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

#evie #grief #hamann #jack #kindness

They call her my singer—because her blood sings for me. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#moon

I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#fresh #got #i #i think #keep

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#conceal #i #i think #labels #like

'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

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