Quotes About Industry

When I was signed by Elite Model Agency, my mom felt it was the right place as it was a professional agency.

Jimmy Iovine signed me personally to a million-dollar contract, and I lost my identity for a long time. That system is so predicated on making a hit, or you're out of here.

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.

Fat Joe is signed to Fat Joe. I have a distribution deal for my label. I'm independent. I'm very happy with that.

I like being signed because you have the support system. It's all about the growth and labels give you that support you need.

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension.

More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't like my music (laughs).

I got a record label and I got a couple artists signed. All of them got real-deal.

I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.

Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening.

I was initially signed to a German label a few years ago.

When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.

Doing things in my day was simple: you either signed to a big label or you signed to a very small label, and you worked with that one, and then they eventually signed you on to a big one.

Would I have signed to Def Jam if I knew they was deaf? Nah.

I'm an independent. I've signed with no label.

I'm convinced part of the reason I got signed is because of who I am, and it makes me sad.

I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as disheartening as it is to say.

My A&R at Epic got fired the first week I got signed.

Back in the Nineties, I was in an R&B group. I signed my first record deal when I was 12.

At 16 years old, I was signed to my very first modeling agency. That was my first real introduction to the entertainment industry. It really opened my eyes to a world that was available to me.

I knew Kanye way before he was signed.

Being on Epic, it wasn't like we got signed to a multi-million-dollar deal.