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I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.

You can't just buy things for the label - it's ridiculous.

My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether it be arguing about having a nicer package - because I do believe some people care about that - to trying to always bank on art-versus-the-easy-commerce route; there's always been headbutting involved.

I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.

I don't think any of us like to be reduced to just one label.

Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.

I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better.

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should be what they want to be, and you shouldn't have to look a certain way in order to fit this mold or that mold.

I think any label is bad. I'm more than a label.

The only thing major labels can really offer is money.