“I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected if you've done a TV soap, you can't have a No. 1 record. All these different things they've told me I can't do, but I wanted to do them, so I've done them.” IfsI CanDifferentDoneWantedRecordsTvsActressesTheatreDancerDifferent ThingsSoap Author:Martine McCutcheon
“I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process.” PeopleThinkingI CanProcessTermRecordsUnhappyJaded Author:Will Oldham
“I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.” I CanHomeRecordsOfficeComputerTrackStudiosFormalUpstairsRecording Studio Author:Huey Lewis
“I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?” NeedsI CanRecordsFineTablesVery GoodPlentyRestaurantsGood LifeVery Good Life Author:Huey Lewis
“If I can go through what I've been through and do a television show with my son and then be a boy from the hood making records for the people I make records for, that's reality.” PeopleIfsI CanShowsRealityBoysRecordsTelevisionSonMy SonHoodTelevision Shows Author:Master P
“So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.” TryingYearsStillsI CanHappensGoalDealsRecordsLuckyMy FriendsSupposed To BeWhatever HappensGreat Faith Author:Jane Siberry
“I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.” LongStillsI CanSeemsAbleRecordsSingersThank God Author:K. D. Lang
“I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm sorry, and I don't care who it is, if it's the Beatles, I can't listen to an hour and a half of anybody straight so I guess that's just my personal preference.” IfsThinkingI CanWholeCareHoursHalfRecordsSorryDon't CareI Don't CareI'm SorryPreferencePersonal Preferences Author:Tommy Lee
“I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they're not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanRealHandsArtistLostRecordsInspiredHip HopHipsHopsJust BeingGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Nickolas Ashford
“Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.” KnowsMadeI CanFeelingsRealityRememberSongSoundAudienceRecordsFansJudgingPerceptionNegativeClubsReviewsScreamNew Songs Author:Chris Cornell
“Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.” ThinkingLongI CanBodyAgeGamesRecordsHigherPressureAthleteFighterRecognitionJapanConstantly Thinking Author:Takeru Kobayashi
“It's hard if you're just touring constantly. It's like, "What am I going to write about? I'm in the van, I'm playing another show..." I'm still writing about heartbreak that happened years ago. I don't see the point of writing and putting out another record until I can do something else.” IfsWritingYearsStillsI CanHardShowsCan DoRecordsHappenedYears AgoVansTouringCan Do Something Author:Sharon Van Etten
“I suppose what you're doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can't think of any job that is quite as satisfactory as doing a painting.” ThinkingI CanJobsRecordsPaintingPainter Author:Robert Genn
“I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I can be included in that category sometimes - that get frustrated feeling like maybe the industry has handcuffed itself, or trained its artists to do or think about music in a way that classically hasn't led to the greatest records in hip-hop.” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensI CanSometimesMomentsFeelingsArtistRecordsIndustryHip HopHipsHopsCategoriesFrustrated Author:El-P
“If you're familiar enough with my body of work, my voice is a familiar totem, in a sense. I guess I have something characteristic in the way that I sing, although I'm not very personally self-conscious about it, so I don't think about it that much. But when I hear the record I can tell it's me.” IfsThinkingWayI CanSelfEnoughBodyVoiceRecordsConsciousFamiliarCharacteristicsSelf ConsciousTotems Author:Todd Rundgren
“I realize that people won't even download the entire album and might just download a song or two and put it in a playlist for a workout or in the background while people do dishes. That's fine and I can't dictate how people listen to my music, but I structure records the way I listen to records.” PeopleWayI CanTwoMightSongRealizingRecordsFineStructureAlbumsBackgroundsDishesWorkoutDownloadsPlaylists Author:Mikal Cronin
“I can record auditions from my office in my home” I CanHomeRecordsOfficeAuditions Author:Jason Marsden
“I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.” WantI CanFoundCan DoRecordsPositionProduceLuckyDollarsSlave Author:Robbie Robertson