Indie rock is very healthy, there's a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary spirit of the late-70s punk sc…

- Bruce Pavitt

People are hard-wired for tribal identity.

- Bruce Pavitt

I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge divide between the artist and the …

- Bruce Pavitt

I love the dynamic contrast between the spontaneous shots and the more formal, pro-rock-star photos.

- Bruce Pavitt

There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning experience.

- Bruce Pavitt

I was a history major in school. I review the past a lot and think about music history and how culture unfolds.

- Bruce Pavitt

Music careerists from Seattle would typically move to the closest media center, which was L.A.

- Bruce Pavitt

I can fully understand [that] artists want to be able to pay their bills. As a fan of art, and art as a way to shift dialogue and address cultural is…

- Bruce Pavitt

I think in times of crisis it's the artists' responsibility to dig a little deeper.

- Bruce Pavitt