When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.
I don't put labels on myself.
I love round people, I love skinny people. I love people in general; we've got to get past labels and stop being so critical about everything.
The thing with labels is they're not for you, they're for other people. Like labels are just a word for other people to understand you and that's it.
I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act.
I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it.
Do what you do don't let the label tell you to do something else.
Green is a label for a certain attitude to life, a certain kind of respect that one might have for the very source of things that we take for granted.
In the late 80s, artists could be signed to labels and be nurtured. It wasn't, "We're going to give you one shot, and if you don't measure up, you're gone".
Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
I started my own record label.
I think any label is bad. I'm more than a label.
Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble - we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak the way we speak, and look the way we look. We fear leaving those familiar surroundings, which is natural, but through exploration of the unfamiliar we stop focusing on the labels that define WHAT we are and discover WHO we are.
For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly discovering that the car was a Ferrari and the accelerator pedal was Krazy Glued to the floorboard.
When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity and throw it out the window.
What I've learned is not to take anybody's advice. If you rely solely on your fans, it sets you up for the downfall on the industry side and if you rely on what your label is saying, it will disconnect you from your fans.
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.
I'm drawn to the stuff that's maybe a little bit on the fringe. Part of that is just practical sometimes. We can't compete with the major labels for some acts, so you figure, "Okay, what could I introduce to people, or what do I like that is within my means?"