Phoebe Bridgers Quotes

I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

I think what I've learned to focus on is my music, and that's why I made my record independently.

People talk about the pop part - they don't talk about me being an independent artist. I made it look easy, that's the problem!

I've always been independent with my music. I've always run my own music label.

I made this record without a record label.

I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now.

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.

Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.

Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting.

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.

I don't have to worry about what the average record company person thinks because I am the record company person.

I want to be role model for people to be like, 'I don't need a major label to be a successful artist and to have a successful song.'

Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.

I've always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I've been lucky about is I didn't bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.

I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record company - Nonesuch understands what I'm about.

The music industry is such a different world from the acting world. Everything is really last minute, but I love the challenge, and I love owning my material and being able to put out what I want.

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

Because I'm not in a record deal, I don't have to operate in an album format.

When I was working on 'Coloring Book,' I knew that I wanted it to be a beacon for independent artists and music makers with their own agenda.

I'm really excited because Interscope is really focused on artists. They've been working side by side with me creatively and allowing me to make a lot of the creative decisions, which you don't always hear about. That's why I didn't want to sign originally with a major label.

I don't get a big recording budget or much promotion, but I have creative freedom.

It's great to be able to find a way to release your music and do what you want to do artistically and not have to just worry about being accepted by the major label industry.