#major label

With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#could #course #economic #end #exploit

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us. ↗

— Macklemore

#because #crumbling #front #labels #major

I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine. ↗

— Macklemore

#artists #deal #examples #going #i

I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#i #label #major #major label #out

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it. ↗

— Chris Martin

#being #fine #i #know #label

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#being #far #get #gets #gonna

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous. ↗

— Neko Case

#got #huge #hypocrite #i #label

I've toured the U.S. every single year and I've put a record out every single year whether it was on a major label or not; that doesn't make any difference to me. ↗

— Buzz Osborne

#difference #every #i #label #major

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

The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#contract #get #label #last #major