“Amy Winehouse: Did she invent white soul? Wearing a beehive? No. But she did something brand new and fresh, altogether as a package, and you see who's in her wake, from the Duffys to the Lana Del Reys. Adele selling 20 million records? That would not have happened if Amy Winehouse was alive.” IfsSoulWhiteMillionsRecordsAliveHappenedSellingBrandsPackagesBrand NewAmyBeehives Author:Jack White
“In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier to make than the rock records. I think because it was brand new territory for the band.” ThinkingWayBigsRecordsRocksEasierBandAlbumsBrandsLoudTerritoryAcousticsBrand NewRock BandsNew Territory Author:Dave Grohl
“I love indie record stores, man. I love anything that's about independence and preserving the brand of good music.” MenRecordsIndependenceStoresBrandsRecord Stores Author:Raheem Devaughn
“I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music that didn't sound super loud and aggressive. And yet they were punk because they were creating culture in their own community instead of taking their cue from MTV about what was real music and what was cool. It wasn't about a certain fashion. It was about your ideology, it was about creating a community and doing it on your own and not having to rely on, kinda, "The Man" to brand you and say that you were okay.” MenRealCertainCultureSoundCommunityRecordsFashionHe ManBandCreatingOkayIdeologyBrandsGenreLoudRelyAggressivePunkMtvReal Music Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.” IfsWantTryingCompanyRecordsPiecesPlansBattleBrandsManagersHuntingRecord Companies Author:Lars Ulrich
“No, if it was up to me every record would be brand new studio material but Atlantic records asked me to put out a full live record because my tour really did do well last year.” IfsYearsWellsWould BeLastsRecordsJourneyMaterialsStudiosBrandsLast YearBrand New Author:Sebastian Bach