“'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable.” Quote by Jon Landau
“My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and my friend Livingston Taylor.” RecordsAmbitionLateMy FriendsProducersMy Ambition Author:Jon Landau
“Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own special charm.” MaySongVoiceSpecialAlbumsCharmRingo Author:Jon Landau
“The Beatles production is often so 'perfect' that it sounds computerized. 'Sgt. Pepper' really does sound like it took four months to make.” DoeSoundPerfectFourMonthsProductionsPeppersSgt Pepper Author:Jon Landau
“The early Bob Dylan was compulsively drawn to the conflict between stability and the search for immortality.” ConflictImmortalityStabilityBobDylan Author:Jon Landau
“There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.” DoubtRocksFameSummerExtraordinaryNo DoubtHallsRock And RollHall Of FameRock And Roll Hall Of Fame Author:Jon Landau
“While the Beatles always had George Martin around to clean up their act, the Rolling Stones had Andrew Loog Oldham to coarsen theirs.” StonesCleanRollingRolling StonesAndrew Author:Jon Landau
“Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly on a voice. Many R&B producers have been making records on which the singer is outshined by the song, the arrangement and the sound.” Has BeensLife IsSongSoundVoiceRecordsLet MeAlbumsSingersProducersArrangementsEmphasisFranklin Author:Jon Landau
“As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn't compose in the early American rock tradition.” WritingAudienceGroupsRocksToughTraditionDancingPerformingLiverpoolOld Rock 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
“'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again.” RunningImpossibleBandMereStatementsStylistPersonal Statement Author:Jon Landau