Buzz Osborne Quotes

I made this record without a record label.

Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.

You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.

I don't have a record deal, I'm not looking for one, I don't have a manager, I'm not promoting anything.

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.

It's been awesome going indie. I don't need to be on a major label. I love not having to walk into a specific radio person's office to try to convince someone to play my songs. At the end of the day, it's more work, but I've discovered that I like to get my hands dirty.

I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.

You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting.

I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get a record deal. It wasn't by choice - I couldn't get a record deal, so I had to figure it out.

It's great to be able to find a way to release your music and do what you want to do artistically and not have to just worry about being accepted by the major label industry.

Attention, it just comes and goes. Since we don't have a major label, it's like, what are we gonna do next? You have to make your own decisions.

I wanted to go back to writing for myself and my fans. I built my own recording studio, started my own label, and decided to use the Internet to sell my records.

I don't have to worry about what the average record company person thinks because I am the record company person.

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

Doing stuff on my own terms and making a record without being signed to a label - I credit that all to my commercial work.

When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was just to make music on my own terms or create my own image, do my own hair, do my own makeup.

I started my own record label.

I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records.

When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction.

Every single thing that I was told that I couldn't do without a label - get in the charts, get on to the Radio 1 playlist - I've done.

I think what I've learned to focus on is my music, and that's why I made my record independently.