Independent Music Quotes

• I prefer Independent music, in which we have control to our music.

  Yukmouth

  Independent

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• I associate creativity with independent music.

  Miguel

  Creativity, Independent, Associates

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• I do not think it is any benefit for artists or fans to have all the new, wide distribution channels in the online world controlled by those who have controlled the old, narrower ones, .. This is especially true if they achieve that control by leveraging their dominance in content or conduit space in an anticompetitive way to control the new, independent music services that are attempting to enhance the consumer's experience of music.

  Orrin Hatch

  Independent, Artist, Thinking

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• I've always loved independent music stores because the staff is usually there because of a genuine love and appreciation for music. They're more in-tune with the customers and I'm willing to pay the extra dollar or two for the service they provide. Some of my greatest music discoveries have come from picking up an album at an indy store and the cat behind the register saying "You like this man? Have you heard of so-and-so?" I prefer to shop where people understand me and the music- the music i like.

  Brother Ali

  Appreciation, Cat, Independent

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• Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

  Nellie McKay

  Independent, Oasis, Radio

  "The Last Oasis of Free and Independent Music" by Nellie McKay, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2012.

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• There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.

  Henry Rollins

  Real, Independent, Views

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• I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

  Henry Rollins

  Independent, Thinking, Path

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• Even in independent music, people push towards radio. It is very political.

  Dawn Angelique

  Independent, People, Political

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.

  Doseone

  Character, Independent, Artist

  Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.

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