El-P Quotes

I am a singer first and foremost. I was lucky enough to have a manager, when I was 15, who knew the heads of a lot of record labels at the time.

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

I was signed to A&M, I was signed to Lou Adler, who had a company within a company, which was A&M Records, and everything - James Taylor, Rita Coolidge, Carole King - I worked on all of that stuff.

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

I certainly don't want to be a record label guy.

That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record company. You don't have to get a five hundred thousand dollars, or whatever, and pay them back for the rest of your life to record a record.

Doing things in my day was simple: you either signed to a big label or you signed to a very small label, and you worked with that one, and then they eventually signed you on to a big one.

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

I made this record without a record label.

As an independent artist, you're always figuring out how you're going to fund your next album.

Shady's great; I love Shady Records.

I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.

I've started a little independent record label called 'Six String Productions' and recorded a couple of tunes, and I hope to do some more with some future artists next year. It's a real passion project of mine.

I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

I'm from Israel, so America has no limits. I started a record label, and then I started managing other artists, like Liza Minelli.

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.

You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect.

I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

I'd always been a club kid, so I was totally unaware that people had their own record companies.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.