I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.

We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up. So we have faith.

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

You can't really label me as a musician, a comedian, or a rapper - you know, it's different.

Jesse James's next tattoo should be a warning label: Danger. Loving this man could break you.

It's a great thing not trying to make music for a label but just for the love of music again.

I'm the first British artist to have two successive number ones on his own independent label.

Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

They say I'm the Hottest MC in the Game. If you label me that, I will live up to it. Trust me.

I've never really turned to my dad for anything, I think out of fear of the label of nepotism.

I think what hurt me all along was the label of 'war-time pitcher.' I've always resented that.

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

You have social networking, and you can do things efficiently without the might of a big label.

I'm often criticised for what I wear. That's my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser!

I'll tell you where I stand on the issues, and then I'll let the pundits decide how to label me.

Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.

For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.

The record label used to try and make us do stuff, like dance, and we'd say, nah, not doing that.

The new independent spirit at Warner Music is a perfect fit for a stand-alone label like Maverick.

When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.

I don't think any of us think of ourselves as artists or actors - clowns, we'll accept that label.

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

I believe in the ethos of the remix, like Andy Warhol making a painting of a Campbell's soup label.

I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.

I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label - make me laugh. I want to make you think.

Obviously, my label would want me to be on the radio all the time, but that's not my personal goal.

You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'

At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.

I know I can't rap forever, but I know as long as I got a label or something I can get money forever.

I am going into the adult market because they don't care what label you are signed to or who you know.

I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me.

When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth.

There was a moment, a few weeks after I signed, that it actually hit me. I was signed to a major label.

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.'

I am more than just a label. Why are people so driven to labeling where we fall on the sexual spectrum?

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.

Whosoever has money has power. It's not about a label. If you have money tomorrow, you will be powerful.

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.

I don't label films or actors, and labelling means setting boundaries. Why do you want to do that to art?

The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.

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.

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