Quotes About Independent

Nitin Gadkari requested me not to fight Lok Sabha polls. I told him how it is possible? I head an independent political party which has mass support. Gopinath Munde too met me and requested me to adjust.

So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

In the West, film music is completely different and independent from their popular music. The two industries are separate and don't interfere much.

I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I am just comfortable with myself and am always on an adventure.

I think when you make something that is non-mainstream and people don't have automatic way of consuming, like you don't have a big star, or a hit song or marketing money then you need to find some way to make audience aware of your film.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven't been domesticated.

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.

I am drawn to courageous women.

The battle between craft breweries and big beer stretches back to the 1990s, when the idea of buying a beer brewed by a small, independent brewery first took off.

I'll put it this way: with the kind of films that I do - creatively driven, with interesting directors and writers - I don't feel the need to work with the super established, top-tier directors that are out there.

I am not afraid to cross the party line. I never have been.

I'm definitely a cult artist.

Basically, I have always wanted to have an art-house cinema. A cinema where we can show films that are not necessarily the current offerings on circuit and films that are not commercial.

I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

British independent television is exactly the same as independent cinema. Very low budget, interesting, cutting edge stuff.

I was so in debt by the end of 'Dust Devil,' having picked up the tab personally for the post-production of the movie, and having no way to recoup because I didn't own the rights to the movie. There was no way I could see any money back on it, so any money spent was just a dead loss.

The only kind of restaurant I could imagine doing would be the extraordinarily snooty restaurant with three or four tables, and I would cook what I felt like cooking. And you could eat it or not.

I've always been very independent; I take care of myself.

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.

I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.

I'm one of the few artists who started from the ground up for real. Not taking no records to the radio station begging no DJ to play it. When DJs started playing my records they called me for them. I ain't pull up and ask nobody for nothing, I ain't pay nobody nothing.

For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot of them are hobbyists who rip-off young bands, taking advantage of people who would never get signed to a major.