“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
“" many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States shoe machine or an automobile dealer holding a license of the General Motors Corporation."” WellsStatesUnitedUnited StatesMachinesPaidIndependentShoesCorporationsBusinessmanLicenseMotorAutomobileDealerCraftsmanGeneral MotorsCobblersRetainers Author:Paul A. Baran
“Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie, which is for your heart and you don't get paid up front and probably don't make any money on it, but it hopefully goes to Sundance and is more of an art movie, and then you do TV.” HeartArtChoicesThreeFrontsTvsDirectorsPaidIndependentStudiosHopefullyPaychecksSundance Author:Jason Blum
“Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.” PeopleMadeHelpingInterestRoomsPayWonderPolicyMusicianPaidIndependentEntityRepresentingLobbyists Author:Erin McKeown
“If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.” IfsLittlesFilmChoicesMillionsHugePaidIndependentFortuneBudgetsHanging OutTrailersIndependent Film Author:William H. Macy
“My British publisher has this independent press. It's pretty small; they actually won last year. And she's got this great energy, and she's fiercely independent, and you know this book was a hard sell. No one wanted to buy this book. But she did, and so it's paid off for her, I hope.” KnowsYearsBookHardWantedLastsEnergyPaidIndependentSellsPressesBritishLast YearPublishersPaid Off Author:Paul Beatty
“Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.” SchoolPaidIndependentStructurePublic SchoolCharterCharter Schools Author:David Brooks