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I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.
I know I can't rap forever, but I know as long as I got a label or something I can get money forever.
At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.
I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me.
I am going into the adult market because they don't care what label you are signed to or who you know.
When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth.
I am more than just a label. Why are people so driven to labeling where we fall on the sexual spectrum?
We are all people... don't label me as an LGBT rapper or a female rapper... I don't like to be labeled.
You label somebody 'New Age,' and that's automatic mockery: 'She cannot possibly be a serious thinker.'
There was a moment, a few weeks after I signed, that it actually hit me. I was signed to a major label.
If a new artist comes, and he doesn't have a good record label to invest in him, then there is no point.
I want to have a publishing company and a record label, and I want to manage five artists... eventually.
Whosoever has money has power. It's not about a label. If you have money tomorrow, you will be powerful.
We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town.
Just look at the name of Kanye's label: G.O.O.D. Music. That's what it's all about, creating good music.
But I'm real conscious about what I do. I don't care what the label is. I'm looking at the outcome of it.
'Chopper City in the Ghetto,' real talk, it's what changed Cash Money from a Bounce label to a Rap label.
The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
I don't label films or actors, and labelling means setting boundaries. Why do you want to do that to art?
When you are signed to a major label, everyone wants to have a say in who you are and what you are doing.
That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.
Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.
The beautiful thing about being independent and having my own label is I can say whatever the hell I want.
Although I had the label of being the 'pretty girl rapper with a lot of followers,' I just broke the rules.
At 18, I finally came into a relationship with a record label. My family got back on its feet. I was happy.
Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.
Unfortunately it's easy to just label us as part of a Laurel Canyon sound. What we try to do is to be unique.
The business of a label is to make money - my business is to make music. I'm gonna get paid if I do it right.
I don't care what you label me or how many times you come for me. I am fearless, and I'm just getting started.
To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.
I just try to make the best music that I can. People are going to label it whatever they're going to label it.
John Peel made his reputation with his radio show and his record label, Dandelion, by championing the underdog.
I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.
An artist is usually responsible only for the creation of a particular art. It's up to the critics to label it.
I want people to see how universal experiences of intimacy are, regardless of demographic or label or whatever.
I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this day.
Fat Joe is signed to Fat Joe. I have a distribution deal for my label. I'm independent. I'm very happy with that.
I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Cezanne, Gauguin and van Gogh.
Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.
We got a thumbs-down from every label. But you gotta keep the faith, man. You gotta hang in there and be tenacious.
'Classic rock' is never a label that we've given ourselves - it's one of the many labels that's been imposed on us.
Leaving your old record label doesn't have to be a stall in your career. It's like new life being breathed into it.
A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.
I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.
Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.
For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia', but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.