Edited sentence: " - Tift Merritt."A tremendous amount of energy is freed up when you feel that your vision is actually respected and cared for by the people you're working with.- Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows, The Baseball Project.I met all the employees in one afternoon, and it seemed pretty obvious they were all music fans, excited to be working there.I’d like to think the association implies a certain intelligence and integrity that aren’t common in this business.“I ended up at Yep Roc because I was looking for a label that would give me - you know - the freedom to be me.“I recorded a few songs and I sent them to Glenn and we had a nice chat on the phone and he just made me feel like there were some possibilities that we could do some fun stuff.“I’m a huge Nick [Lowe] fan, and I figured any label that was into Nick had to be cool.“Yep Roc is staffed by a small number of people.” - Chuck Prophet.” - Dave Alvin.” -Chris Collingwood, of major-label escapees Fountains of Wayne