Quotes About Labels

I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now.

I think any label is bad. I'm more than a label.

My world is much bigger than music, and that's why I always fight the 'rock' label.

There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it.

I've been different things in different contexts, and I didn't really feel beautiful until I had my first child. I knew that I was considered 'People' magazine's Most Whatever, but all that stuff is just how we label different groups. And I've been very not beautiful in my life. There's no way I was beautiful growing up.

All of us, although we may have a label attached to us, that's not who we are.

I don't label films or actors, and labelling means setting boundaries. Why do you want to do that to art?

I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.

You shouldn't feel you have to label yourself for someone else to understand you. You should be able to feel what you want to feel and that's okay.

I don't like being labelled so I decided to label myself.

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn't have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can't be true.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

Childhood, young adulthood is fluid. And it's very easy to get labeled very young and have to carry something through your childhood and into your adulthood that is not necessarily who you are.

For me, I've never really thought of myself as labeled as a shooter or whatever. People can say whatever they want.

Labels put people in boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins.

It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self.

Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.

Major labels don't want to take chances on cooler, indie kind of things. People only know, unfortunately, what they're being spoon-fed.

My dad never liked labels, and neither do I.

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

Labels don't want artists to put out mixtapes because they don't monetize it.

I dislike labels like 'commercial' and 'non commercial.'

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.