“I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time.” FeelsFirstsMadeEyePastYoungNightNamesSawsRocksNeededFirst TimeHearingRock N RollFlashRock And RollSpringsteenHearing Music Author:Jon Landau
“Soul was the music made by and for black people. For most of the Sixties it was thoroughly divorced from white popular music, but by the end of the decade several artists with their roots firmly in both soul and R&B traditions had crossed over.” PeopleMadeSoulEndsArtistBlackWhiteTraditionRootsDecadesBlack PeopleSixtyDivorcedPopular Music Author:Jon Landau
“One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in the studio with a bunch of good, contemporary rockers, lock the studio up, and tell him he can't come out until he's done made an album that rocks from beginning to end.” ThinkingDoeMadeEndsDoneAdviceRocksAlbumsStudiosImpressionBunchContemporaryLocksProfitableAdvisorsRockers Author:Jon Landau
“It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.” MayHas BeensMadeMatterDirectorsCharlieChaplin Author:Jon Landau
“Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin.” FirstsBelieveMadeEnoughVoiceRecordsRateRaysFranklinJerryWilsonBakersSolomonTurner Author:Jon Landau
