Independent Success Quotes

Pantera is a marquee band, with the most diehard fans. We sold over 20 million records without MTV or radio.

The American dream is Chance the Rapper, or 'little Chano from 79th' who hails from Chicago's Southside and became the first artist to win a Grammy without selling one physical copy of his album.

We've got a lot of love from Chicago, you know we've been selling out big venues in Chicago that other people don't sell out. Our music is something that's a bit different you know from what's being publicized and that's going against everything else coming out in Chicago.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

Everybody got a deal, I did it without one

Marc Maron's podcast success has nothing to do with my podcast success. If I do a quarter of a million downloads, I can show that to an advertiser as a fact, and that's that.

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

Labels are going to tie you down with a 360 deal, they take percentages of literally every endeavor you're tied to. It's a lot of stipulations and constraints placed on you. What makes it worse is that, in terms of distributing budgets, labels aren't even giving the same amount as they used to. It totally defeats the purpose. My advice would be to get it out there on your own first which will lead you to calling the shots.

When you're by yourself and not with WWE, you are your own business. And I was very successful in that business because of all the lessons I learned.

I want to be self-made and leave a mark.

Major labels have always been around our band since the beginning, and we just waited. We knew we had to do some things, and we needed to grow as a band before we made that step. We needed to do it our way and not do it how it works for other people.

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own project. I worked hard for this all by myself.

If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me

People in this day and age are still under the illusion that every woman who is successful must be being controlled by a man... I'm the boss.

You don't need to depend on a label, because you're making that money on your own.

He [Vince Spadea] was about as down and out as you could see from a Top 20 player. Then to claw his way back through the minor leagues and do it the hard way where he wasn't young, wasn't getting wildcards, wasn't getting any help. I guess he decided he was just going to do it.

We didn't have that big-label push. We weren't the kind of band that our label Warner Bros. Records was going to throw all this money at. Their idea was to support us on the road and see what happens. It was a very slow building process.

I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and then determine how you will achieve them (what skills you will have to learn, what actions will you have to take). And these are totally under your control. These are not dependent upon anyone else.

My philosophy is very much to encourage my children to forge their own success and happiness, even though that will undoubtedly involve much more modest levels of wealth creation.

Beware the advice of successful people; they do not seek company.

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.'

I dominated the underground and then I dominated the overground, and I did that on my own.

Our music is being played on MTV and the radio. That's something that still blows us away. And we did it our way.

Snoop ain't never cosigned me, but I know everybody is like, 'That's the next Snoop.' Nah, I'm Nipsey, and I got to work to define myself.

My father doesn't like to promote me every time, and he wants me to build my own image.