“They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself, and writing my own music, but I'm their first artist on their classic label. And I have creative control.” WritingFirstsWantedArtistMy OwnCreativeStartingLabelsClassic Author:Teena Marie
“What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or YA is in fact crossover and is equally valid for anyone who likes to read fantasy.” IfsThinkingWritingChildrenFactsStuffFantasyLikesLabelsCrossover Author:Robin McKinley
“I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and play a lot of different kinds of music. We're getting toward the end of our business collaboration. If you could envision a record that you wanted to hear from me, what kind of record would it be?" It wasn't like asking him to fill an order, it was really just a conversation. For all the things I'd ever asked him, this was one thing I'd never asked, and I don't know why. So I was curious. And the thing that he was most interested in hearing was a solo record.” IfsKnowsWritingKindSaidDifferentEndsPlayWantedSongOrderPresidentRecordsOne ThingStyleConversationAskingPhonesHearingCuriousLabelsCollaborationDifferent KindsSoloDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Ryan Adams
“Similarly, although we use prepositional phrases when we write, we apparently don't write more effectively when we can label our language in these ways.” WayWritingUseLanguageEducationLabelsPhrasesLiteracy Author:Lucy Calkins
“Now you know you're going to have to play music for the label, you know you're going to have to get an opinion from the manager. Now, I'm so much more conscious and it bothers me. I try to find my way back to writing without being too analytical or not thinking about whether this is good or is it bad.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingPlayOpinionConsciousManagersMy WayLabelsBother Author:Yukimi Nagano
“The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings.” WritingMightNamesGivenLabelsGreekPensScholarClassification Author:Craig A. Evans