Labels Quotes - Page 27

• For me, I wanted somebody that got me musically, that understood that I'm an artist and this is who I am. I'm not going to be like another artist on your label, probably - hopefully. I found all those things with the Broken Bow group.

  Joe Nichols

  Artist, Who I Am, Broken

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• In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are sometimes seen as laws by short-lived awareness. These fleshy sensoria which we call self are ephemera withering in the blaze of infinity, fleeting aware of temporary conditions which confine our activities and change as our activities change. If you must label the absolute, use its proper name: Temporary.

  Frank Herbert

  Self, Law, Names

  "God Emperor of Dune" by Frank Herbert, "The Stolen Journals", 1981.

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• We, as a people, we have a strong need to categorize everything. We put labels on everything and its a totally understandable need because we are animals and we need to understand order and where to fit in.

  Armin van Buuren

  Strong, Animal, Order

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• The same applies to the music and film industries. Until the heads of the labels start wanting to make money rather than creating controversy, tension, and excuses about why piracy is making the job so hard that no one could do it but them - and oh by the way, they need a raise to really focus in on the fight - the music industry is going to have a very tough time of it.

  Mark Cuban

  Jobs, Fighting, Creating

  "Online Extra: Mark Cuban: Watch Out for 'Ultrabroadband'". Interview with Peter Elstrom, www.bloomberg.com. August 25, 2003.

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• I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.

  Lana Del Rey

  Believe, School, Thinking

  "Ice Breaker: Lana Del Rey". Interview with Sean Fennessey, www.gq.com. October 6, 2011.

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• The reason some crime writers have a chip on their shoulder about the label is because their good books are shelved beside books about nuns and birdwatchers and cats who solve crimes. Overseas, my books are reviewed alongside those of authors like Robert Stone and Don DeLillo, and I have to live and die by that comparison. They don't ghettoize crime writers in other countries, and of course they shouldn't.

  George Pelecanos

  Country, Book, Cat

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.

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• Being "America's Sweetheart", that label gets put on a lot of people. I don't pay that much attention. And I'm not trying to shake anything. I'm just following my instincts and doing work that is coming to me and I'm just grateful for it.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Grateful, America, People

  "Jennifer Aniston & Clive Owen Talk Derailed". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 09, 2005.

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• There's a natural tendency for children to, in some sense, inherit the cultural values of their parents. I'm not against that, that's fine, that's wonderful. What I am against is labelling. Nobody ever labels a child a cricketer because his father is a cricketer, but they do label a child a Catholic because his parents are Catholic. I think it's more or less unique. Nobody ever labels a child a socialist or a conservative or a liberal because that's what their parents are.

  Richard Dawkins

  Children, Father, Unique

  "Richard Dawkins at the Sydney Writers' Festival". "Science Show" with Robyn Williams, www.abc.net.au. September 8, 2007.

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• I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique position to be in, but it all comes out in the wash.

  Jack White

  Artist, Unique, Lucky

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people.

  Barack Obama

  Caring, What Matters, Names

  Source: outfront.blogs.cnn.com

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• I think the thing about what I want to achieve for the label is it to really be a home for artists who are already developed, who already have a great sense of their artistry or their imaging, who don't really feel or want that marketing push.

  Solange Knowles

  Home, Artist, Thinking

  "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. February 12, 2014.

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• Never forget that we are more than the genetic code. We can be more than labels applied to us. We can be more than what others whisper behind our backs. Free will exists. We need to choose to be the best we can be and we need to help others do the same. Believe in yourself.

  Sophie Jordan

  Believe, Helping Others, Needs

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• I think it is very useful to know ourselves, but when we start naming and labeling, that is dangerous, that gets problematic. It negates that things are always changing. Besides, it's hard to pin a label onto something that's always moving.

  Ani DiFranco

  Moving, Thinking, Pins

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• If I was rich enough, I would love to launch my own record label. I would love to try and give all my musically talented friends a start in the industry.

  Cara Delevingne

  Giving, Trying, Records

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We have to be careful about applying criminal labels to people until we're very sure.

  Julian Assange

  People, Criminals, Be Careful

  "An Interview With WikiLeaks' Julian Assange". Interview with Andy Greenberg, www.forbes.com. November 29, 2010.

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• The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork.

  Win Butler

  Growing Up, Forever, Way

  "Arcade Fire". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. October 4, 2010.

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• Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.

  Rex Stout

  Men, Primitive Man, Complexes

  Rex Stout (2010). “The Father Hunt”, p.110, Bantam

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• The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

  Michael Patrick King

  Directors, Firsts, First Time

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• I had been with the label since I was 21. The label wanted shiny pop but I didn't. I found a little independent and we've got all these great reviews in England and now it has gone gold.

  Alison Moyet

  Independent, Gold, Littles

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• There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists cant. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.

  Sam Tsui

  Artist, Bucks, Radio

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• There are people and places and events you'd prefer to forget or at least gloss over. In the end, you can slap a pretty label on it - like serendipity or fate. Or you can believe that it's just the random way life unfolds.

  Emily Giffin

  Believe, Fate, People

  Emily Giffin (2008). “Love the One You're With”, p.8, Macmillan

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• If there is no God, the labels 'good' and 'evil' are merely opinions. They are substitutes for 'I like it' and 'I don't like it.' They are not objective realities.

  Dennis Prager

  Reality, Evil, Opinion

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• I do like nice things; we do live in a great house, but I don't choose my friends by how much money they have or what labels they're wearing.

  Heather Dubrow

  Nice, House, My Friends

  "'Real Housewives of O.C.'s' Heather Dubrow Reveals 5 Things You Didn't Know About Her" by Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 21, 2012.

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• I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, Im kind of astonished because I think, This is completely normal. This is just how I am, its how Ive always been.

  Daphne Guinness

  Thinking, Who I Am, People

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• Probably the label 'Jesus freak' is fine with me. Because I know who I am.

  Troy Polamalu

  Jesus, Who I Am, Freak

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