Complex sentence: In 2004, Zimmer discovered Jay Purdy and Matt Gibson of The Extraordinaires and is quoted as saying that it was "the natural progression of things" to expand the company into its own label.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2004, Zimmer discovered Jay Purdy and Matt Gibson of The Extraordinaires. Zimmer has said that it was "the natural progression of things" to expand the company into its own label.