Rick Ross Quotes

Shady's great; I love Shady Records.

So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years.

I just have so much love for my record label.

Def Jam is an iconic label.

Def Jam is the reason why I started a label.

I used to be a Def Jam artist. I was - I survived Def Jam.

I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.

I always wanted to be a part of a New York-based label, so I've worked really hard to try and network with people that I felt would put me in the right place.

There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova.

Bad Boy Entertainment did not shoot anybody. I didn't shoot anybody.

SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there.

I love Interscope, I love Star Trak.

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

I was actually signed at a very young age - I was 12 - and one thing led to another, and I ended up in a mutual split from the label. But it was probably the best thing that could have ever happened, because I was able to kind of leave the industry side of it for a minute and focus on the independent side.

When I started Milk! Records, it was a pretty non-profit making venture.

Island Records was the first record label to... acknowledge me. After that, quickly, Republic Records, and then Atlantic Records, Sony Records and Warner Bros. It was all the labels at once. It was absolutely insane, like, knowing that this many record labels were interested in me.

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.

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.

There's timing. And then there's also certain people at the record company who worked incredibly hard and were incredibly enthusiastic about what I was doing.

What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.

Major labels act as banks in terms of how they produce and release your album. No major label is really good or bad; they just 100 per cent operate as a business, which makes sense... no hard feelings.

Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with.

I had a good record company right from the beginning, and I'm still with them after all these years. I think I may be the only person in the world that's had a tenure this long with any record company.

Jimmy Iovine has been telling me since 2012 that I needed to start my own label with my own artists. This was when he first met me and 'Bandz a Make Her Dance' was first taking off.