Barbara Steele Quotes

It's been awesome going indie. I don't need to be on a major label. I love not having to walk into a specific radio person's office to try to convince someone to play my songs. At the end of the day, it's more work, but I've discovered that I like to get my hands dirty.

I don't have a record deal, I'm not looking for one, I don't have a manager, I'm not promoting anything.

A player has no use for an agent. None.

I have an agent now.

I never dreamed I'd be a spokesman for anything. But Pac Bell just asked me. The money was OK; the scripts were fun because I had to do in 30 seconds what it takes a whole feature to do and because the dysfunctional family of agents, managers and lawyers who represent me said it was cool.

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was just to make music on my own terms or create my own image, do my own hair, do my own makeup.

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.

Leaving the record companies tweaked something inside me and I realised I don't have to deal with labels to make something happen. If I want to meet someone, I don't have to go through the label - I'll just go to them. I took my life in my hands and social media has just helped me do that more.

I'm very hands-on with my own music.

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

I've been in the industry from the age of 9, so I have an agent. That's how you get auditions.

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

Every interview I do, it's basically 'how did he do it,' and I owe it all to my representation, and my manager is basically like my mother, she's so picky.

I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

My career has been wacky and not at all normal. I've never had a manager, nobody gets jobs for me. I wind up working with artists that I meet.

People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.

My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted.

I've always treated my career like independent. Everything that I got is because of myself, my own endorsements, my own touring myself.

We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.

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