When you work with a major label they create their own message for you and a lot of the time that works great, or at least it did back in the 90's but now it doesn't work, so I think as an artist if you learn your own business, like anybody would when they want to start a little restaurant - they'd figure it out and then build it and they work hard - then it could be your own little business that you grew to as big as you want it to be but you had much more control with how to communicate it and how it's cared for.
Tom DeLongeI used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.
Tom DeLongeWhen we realize how little we mean to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other
Tom DeLonge