Indie Labels Quotes

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation.

I remember ordering records out of the Dischord catalog in the '80s, and there would be a handwritten note.

I went back and reread the Dinosaur chapter in 'Our Band Could Be Your Life,' and it was so depressing.

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

I like alternative music, so I like to hear new bands.

Equal Vision seems to be doing really well. A lot of these major labels are just imploding and becoming indie labels, anyway.

There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.

Indie music is picking up and artistes are more confident about putting out music with no big name attached to it.

The Indian music scene is completely dominated by Bollywood music. We need to create space for indi-pop music.

If you're on an indie label, you're not getting enough money. And if you're on a major, you're not getting enough support.

I don't really see a difference in independent and major labels. To me, it's pretty much the same. There used to be a difference between indies and major labels, but I don't think there is anymore.

I had seen other comic friends of mine go to indie labels. Like David Cross and Pat Oswald went to Subpop, and Subpop didn't make total sense for me, but the metal version of that did. So I made a small list with Metal Blade, Prosthetic and couple of other labels, and Relapse was one of them.