Quotes About Independent

In my opinion, hip-hop has a lot to do with rock and roll, because at one point it was considered an alternative - edgy, independent. Hip-hop is pots and pans the way that punk is garage. You make something out of nothing.

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally.

I was an anarchist punk, and I think, in many ways, I still am.

We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it.

TV is really hard to break into. This may be the worst piece of advice, but make an independent film. TV oftentimes takes people who are established. The great benefit of not breaking in yet is purity of voice.

It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination.

I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.

We think it is possible to get the benefits of a customs union but still have the flexibility for the U.K. to pursue an independent trade policy on top of that with other countries outside the E.U.

The problem is that the automobile companies are not independent entities capable of pursuing their own interests. Rather, they are owned and controlled by organizations that are much more heavily invested in oil.

As the world of independent feature filmmaking became increasingly commercialized by the mid-1990s, there was also a parallel, much more positive development: a resurgence in documentary filmmaking, thanks in part to the advent of the cheaper, lighter digital format that helped to offset the daunting costs of pursuing political aims through film.

I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.

My one hope for Netflix and Amazon is to be a little more art house- and indie-friendly, pushing those just as hard as they push their originals.

When you're making an independent film, it's like this actor plus this actor equals this funding, this financing. Pull this actor out, this actor is still here but this money's gone. It's this frightening puzzle mosaic that is the world of independent film.

I'm an army kid with floating feet.

A flourishing, diverse media is essential to a functioning democracy.

I have always been an independent voice for the folks in my district.

I don't follow the rules!

I'm not a follower.

When I did my first film, I didn't have formal training; I didn't work under any director. I really didn't know how to make a film.

Experimental or independent cinema is so exciting because it is about risk-taking, as there is no formula.