Label Quotes

“I don't really know what 'art rock' is. It's just a label.”

“Names are a trap, you see. They're a way of putting people in a box.”

“I don't like to be pigeonholed. I'm not a pop singer.”

“Some people say I'm a character actress. Some people say I'm a leading lady. I don't care what they say. I'm an actress.”

“For a musician, the most painful thing in the world is to be termed a 'pop' singer.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.”

“I don't write for children. I write. And somebody says, 'That's for children!'”

“I feel like I'm a real person, and I'm not a robot. I'm not a Barbie doll. I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not a porn star.”

“The idea of being a 'jazz musician' has so many connotations that I'm not really comfortable with.”

“I don't think I'm a jazz singer. I've got the chops, but I'm not a jazz singer. It's a label.”

“I'm not a jazz musician, I'm a musician.”

“I don't think of my work as modern or postmodern. I just think of it as dance.”

“It's a mistake to classify.”

“The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes.”

“I'm not a big fan of the word 'quirky.' I think it's a word that's used to describe something that's not easily definable.”

“I don't like the word 'quirky.' It's a lazy way to describe someone.”

“I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.”

“I don't really know what 'indie' means. It's a marketing term.”

“I think of myself as an actor. The labels are mainly for other people to use.”

“Ik ben geen joodse schrijver. Ik ben een schrijver die toevallig joods is.”