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“I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you a new perspective production-wise. It's easier for me, if I'm starting a new record, I like to produce a few songs that aren't mine just so it frees me up not to worry about it so much.”

Ifs Giving Artist Song Worry Records Wise Produce Mines Perspective Easier Starting Productions Listeners New Perspective

Author:Greg Laswell

“Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause of production of real art is the artist's inner need to express a feeling that has accumulated...The cause of counterfeit art, as of prostitution, is gain. The consequence of true art is the introduction of a new feeling into the intercourse of life... The consequences of counterfeit art are the perversion of man, pleasure which never satisfies, and the weakening of man's spiritual strength.”

“I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late '70s, early '80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn't have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them.”

Ifs Doe Different Sometimes Wanted Artist Opportunity Talking Offers Projects Late Albums Productions Work Out Admire Instance 80s Talking Heads

Author:Todd Rundgren

“The finest productions of human art are immensely short of the meanest work of Nature. The nicest artist cannot make a feather or the leaf of a tree.”

Humans Art Artist Tree Productions Finest Leafs Feathers

Book:The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings

Source: The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings

“All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.”

May Artist Color Fine Achievement Productions Colour Execution Parades All The Best Greatest Achievement Concealment Pigment Best Artist

Book:Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape

Source: Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape

“I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world.”

World Want Able Wanted Artist Company Hollywood Productions Great Artist

Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt