“Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living - that would be the best scenario.” IfsNeedsGivingWould BeCreativitySellsLabelsBeing The BestScenariosStandpoint Author:Matthew Sweet
“This is tremendous. The labels have been saying all along that they can't compete with free, but there is a way to compete with free: high value content that's virus- free and gives people the chance to be first in line to buy expensive concert tickets. This is like loyalty clubs at the supermarkets.” PeopleWayGivingFirstsHas BeensValuesLinesChanceClubsLoyaltyLabelsExpensiveConcertsTicketsVirusesSupermarkets Author:Jonathan Potter
“The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.” KnowsWantGivingPlayWholeBreakRecordsStandardsGive MeJazzAverageLabelsFormulas Author:Branford Marsalis
“We label things through value systems that we have developed. But nothing is or is not unless we feel it is that way. We give ground to reality by creating it.” WayGivingFeelsRealityValuesCreatingLabelsNothingnessValue Systems Author:Frederick Lenz