Quotessence
Home / Authors / Jon Landau Books
Jon Landau

Jon Landau Books

Record producer

Related Quotes

“Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the first person, presumes a more interesting personal life and philosophy than most rock lyricists possess. John Lennon was good for one great album based on musical direct address, 'Plastic Ono Band.”

WayWritingFirstsPersonsPhilosophyProblemInterestingRocksWindBandFindingsDirectMusicalOneselfAlbumsBest WayAddressesPlasticPersonal LifeFirst PersonLennonLyricists
Author:Jon Landau
Create image

“The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical style that needed no justification because it came so naturally to them. As they grew musically the mere repetition of old rock and blues tunes became increasingly less satisfying.”

WaySelfRocksStyleGrewNeededConsciousStonesMereMusicalCommittedObviousTunesSatisfyingJustificationRepetitionSelf ConsciousRockersOld RockMusical Style
Book:It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal
Create image

“The Rolling Stones have been the best of all possible worlds: they have the lack of pretension and sentimentality associated with the blues, the rawness and toughness of hard rock, and the depth which always makes you feel that they are in the midst of saying something. They have never impressed me as being kitsch.”

WorldFeelsHas BeensHardRocksStonesDepthMidstImpressedRollingPretensionToughnessRolling StonesSentimentalityKitschHard RockRawness
Author:Jon Landau
Create image

“The modern recording studio, with its well-trained engineers, 24-track machines and shiny new recording consoles, encourages the artist to get involved with sound. And there have always been artists who could make the equipment serve their needs in a highly personal way - I would single out the Beatles, Phil Spector, the Beach Boys and Thom Bell.”

WayNeedsWellsArtistSoundBoysModernInvolvedMachinesTrackStudiosBeachBellsEngineersEquipmentGet InvolvedConsoleRecording StudioBeach Boys
Author:Jon Landau
Create image

“Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their entire audience. Both were proclaimed revolutionaries for their early work and subjected to exhaustive attack when later works were thought to be inferior. Both developed their art without so much as a nodding glance toward their peers.”

MenMayArtAudienceRocksGeniusRevolutionaryRock N RollBobInferiorsPeersGlancesDylanCharlieNoddingChaplinEarly Work
Author:Jon Landau
Create image

“Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy.”

FirstsFactsPurposeEasyEnjoyCreativeFiguresKingsPromiseMusicalAlbumsPopsArtisticIntimacyAccomplishmentFulfilledPop MusicTapestrySurpassing
Book:It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal
Create image

“Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.”

HandsSeemsSoundVoiceMaterialsMastersListeningDemandSingingTrackStormMelodyArrangementsReducingSamenessGlossSleight Of Hand
Author:Jon Landau
Create image