Joe Budden believes that creative freedom is a gift that requires him to maintain control over his own projects, often leading him to leave situations where he cannot fully direct his work.

“none of them on that other side could tell me because I'mma always go do it again my success rate is out of the it's out of here it really is they can't yeah they can't tell me nothing so if I I look you in the face and I don't like what you saying about my creation then you can have it”

Queenz Flip views his performance and content creation as a necessary fight for artistic autonomy against network interference.

“it's a fight for freedom of speech it's a fight for freedom of creation it's a fight and I'm fighting for it”

Ethan Page values the creative freedom and trust afforded to talent in AEW.

“it's amazing now being in aew the creative freedom and i guess trust that they give their talent to kind of let them do what they want and play the characters that they want so i can fully now be the ethan page the all ego ethan page that i've always wanted to be”