“The films that I really liked and the ones that really blew my mind when I was younger were independent films. They're like great records to me.” MindFilmRecordsIndependentIndependent Film Author:Jim Sturgess
“When I’m Chad from Nickelback, then I have to wear one hat and I have to wear various others when I’m Chad Kroeger who is co-owner of 604 Records or someone who’s working on an independent project. At that point I want to know where the record is getting licensed, as well as absolutely every aspect of how we’re going to deliver a song to the public and how we’ll all get paid for doing so.” KnowsWantWellsSongRecordsProjectsAspectPaidIndependentVariousHatsOwnersChadNickelback Author:Chad Kroeger
“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait - put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.” PeopleKnowsWantDoeSaidIdeasHandsWould BeJobsWaitingLinesRecordsPlansThousandInnovationIndependentAddMy FavoriteUglyStoresLabelsFeaturesCrucialPresentationSaying NoSaying YesRecord LabelsItunes Author:Derek Sivers
“[T]ruly grand and powerful theories [...] do not and cannot rest upon single observations. Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent sources, the only conceptual structure that can make unified sense of all this disparate information. The failure of a particular claim usually records a local error, not the bankruptcy of a central theory. [...] If I mistakenly identify your father's brother as your own dad, you don't become genealogically rootless and created de novo. You still have a father; we just haven't located him properly.” IfsStillsFatherPowerfulRecordsHavensInformationParticularBrotherTheorySourceEvolutionDadClaimsIndependentStructureErrorsLocalsObservationBankruptcyUnifiedInference Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“If it weren't for Criminal Records, Wax-n-facts and other indie record stores I could have only sold my CD's at my shows and by mail order as an independent artist. The greatest stores that have character and include a much wider range of music of music are all independent, mom and pop stores.” IfsCharacterFactsShowsArtistOrderRecordsMomIndependentPopsStoresCriminalsRangeMailCdsRecord Stores Author:Shawn Mullins
“Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptable for one's private, secret thoughts - like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. ... The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather - in many cases - offers an alternative to it.” PersonsDoeSecretCasesRecordsOffersIndependentAlternativesDumbDaily LifeVehicleJournalSuperficialAlasDeafSense Of SelfIlliterateJournalingKeeping A JournalSecret Thoughts Author:Susan Sontag
“My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.” FirstsDealsRecordsIndependent Author:Joe Nichols
“As an independent artist it is so easy to get caught up in websites, social media, merchandise, when I am going to put out an EP, fining a producer, finding a studio to record in and you have to remember at the end of the day you should be writing music.” ShouldWritingEndsRememberArtistSocialEasyRecordsMediaFindingsIndependentCaughtStudiosSocial MediaProducersThe End Of The DayCaught UpWebsiteEasy To GetWriting MusicMerchandise Author:Tyler Hilton
“I'm really thankful to have my own record label. I've always looked up to people like Madonna when she launched Maverick Records. Even Jay Z and Sean "Puffy" Combs, who's a mentor and also gave me a shot when I was an independent artist in Atlanta. He came to my show, and he said, "I just want people to know about you."” PeopleKnowsWantSaidShowsArtistMy OwnRecordsShotsIndependentLabelsMentorAtlantaSeanRecord LabelsCombsMaverick Author:Janelle Monae
“I've started a little independent record label called 'Six String Productions' and recorded a couple of tunes, and I hope to do some more with some future artists next year. It's a real passion project of mine.” YearsLittlesRealArtistPassionNextRecordsMinesCoupleSixProjectsIndependentProductionsLabelsTunesStringsNext YearRecord Labels Author:Tom Felton
“I have hundreds and hundreds of songs waiting to get on albums, but I don't know about the three-month radio tours and if I'll be interested in that. I haven't figured it out, but I will definitely be doing music, whether it is independent or with a major record label.” IfsKnowsSongThreeWaitingRecordsHavensMonthsMajorsIndependentRadioAlbumsLabelsThree MonthsRecord Labels Author:Jewel
“Just take Kosovo: back then, UN bodies decided that Kosovo should become independent of Serbia and that the interests of Serbia's central government had to be subordinated. You can read that in all the records, also in the German ones.” ShouldBodyGovernmentInterestRecordsDecidedIndependentSerbiaKosovoCentral Government Author:Vladimir Putin
“The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium.” BigsSeemsStuffCompanyKnownRecordsInternetBandIndependentStudiosSellingMediumsThese DaysOnlineRecord Companies Author:David Gilmour
“It just took the right time. I was fully confident that I was going to see Sam Phillips and to record for him that when I called him, I thought, I'm going to get on Sun Records. So I called him and he turned me down flat. Then two weeks later, I got turned down again. He told me over the phone that he couldn't sell gospel music so - as it was independent, not a lot of money.” TwoSunRecordsWeekIndependentSellsPhonesFlatsLots Of MoneyRight TimeTwo WeeksTurned DownGospel Music Author:Johnny Cash
“It just amazed me that so many people came to see my show even to a place that I've never been to. I was independent for a long time and I knew every person who I sold my CD to. But now with a major record contract, you don't get to meet every person who buys your CD. It's a new feeling, and it's very inspiring that they have been waiting for me to come to their town and sing.” PeoplePersonsLongHas BeensShowsFeelingsWaitingRecordsMajorsLong TimeTownsIndependentContractsAmazedCdsVery InspiringNew Feelings Author:Angela Aki
“A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that. But if you go to foreign films, if you go to documentaries, if you go to independent films, if you go to good films, you will become a better person because you will understand human nature better. Movies record human nature in a better way than any other art form, that's for sure.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsHumansPersonsArtActionFilmFormDesireRecordsHuman NatureIndependentNobleDocumentariesBetter WaysBetter PersonIndependent FilmGood Films Author:Roger Ebert
“I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.” MadeKidsHouseRecordsThousandIndependentLabelsDecentSignalsFourteenBasementsContinuum Author:Kid Rock
“I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.” PlayArtistNationsRecordsIndependentFingersAlbumsLabelsToneArchesRecord Labels Author:Steve Vai
“Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But this is the sort of empty compliment a friend of mine once compared to being called “the coolest Osmond.” ThinkingStillsLinesPartyRecordsMinesRepublicanEmptyIndependentDemocratDespiteVotingConsistentComplimentSenatorsMccain Author:Sarah Vowell
“The Independent Record Store is the reason why i STILL do music...It seems like they're the only ones that Really care about the real music lovers...we need them...they're our balance to all of the music we are FORCED to listen to...they're the only ones that may still suggest something NEW and FRESH instead of just what's popular.” NeedsMayStillsRealReasonSeemsCareRecordsBalanceLoversIndependentStoresReason WhySomething NewRecord StoresMusic LoverReal Music Author:DJ Jazzy Jeff
“Independent record stores are like a casino where you put down your money and you always win. How amazing to discover gems you didn't know about, to meet someone more passionate than you are, and to feel at home in a place you may never have been to before. I'm convinced they will never lose their place - Long may they rule.” KnowsFeelsMayLongHas BeensHomeWinningLosesRecordsIndependentPassionateConvincedStoresGemsCasinosRecord Stores Author:KT Tunstall
“Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers” PeopleHumansTogetherSocialCommunityBreakRecordsAliveFrontsComputerSittingIndependentStoresContactBreaking DownRecord Stores Author:Ziggy Marley