Because I'm not in a record deal, I don't have to operate in an album format.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

Just because you get a record deal doesn't mean you're even going to put out a record,

Why do I, Mandy Moore, get a record deal?

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get a record deal. It wasn't by choice - I couldn't get a record deal, so I had to figure it out.