“Before computers were everywhere I used record books, the old-fashioned way. I loved to cram, and I still love to cram, anything I write with extra facts, stuff I picked up. At the same time, especially in this day and age, you've got to make it sound like, or read like, you've not just been Googling because that's not fair, that's not right!” WayWritingStillsBookFactsAgeUsedStuffSoundRecordsLike YouComputerFairsExtrasThis DayOld FashionedNot Fair Author:Steve Bunce
“The 'cool' record store. It is where you can talk to people who are like you. They look like you, think like you and, most tellingly like the same music as you - the only comparable experience these days would probably be an art museum - an actual place where you can stand and simply be surrounded by your heroes.” PeopleThinkingLooksArtRecordsLike YouHeroStoresThese DaysMuseumsRecord Stores Author:Wayne Coyne
“It is just like your tape-recorder. It records, it reproduces - all by itself. You only listen. Similarly, I watch all that happens, including my talking to you. It is not me who talks, the words appear in my mind and then I hear them said.” MindSaidHappensTalkingWatchesRecordsLike YouIncludingTapeRecorders Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to extract the facts directly from people like me.” PeopleFactsRecordsLike YouApproachLike MeHistorianGood Writers Author:Shunroku Hata
“I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had to hide it. You had these guys selling 200 million records with dirty T-shirts on. I was like, 'Come on, man. Come on. We know you're successful.' Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenEnoughBigsGuyDifferencesWealthMillionsSuccessfulRecordsRocksLike YouHip HopSellingHipsDirtyShirtsHopsBad ThingsRock N RollT Shirt Author:Jay-Z
“Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.'” ThinkingWayWritingKindRealWantedSongSoundRecordsHeardLike YouSensualRelateLush Author:Emmy Rossum
“Musically, between me and my fans and also me and my team, who between management and record label have always just let me be me, it's fun to pave a path. It's fun to feel like you're doing things your own way. So in that regard I haven't had to worry about any bar but my own.” WayFeelsFunMy OwnWorryPathRecordsTeamFansHavensLike YouLet MeRegardManagementBarsLabelsRecord LabelsLet Me Be Me Author:Josh Groban
“It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.” KnowsHalfRecordsLike YouKillingKilling Yourself Author:Andrew Bird
“When you have the catalog of work, it doesn't feel like you've got one shot to get it right; it's just like, you're making a new document of something at the present time, and it's a living thing, and it changes. It's been cool to help other people make their records, to produce. You get a crash course in things that you don't get as the artist.” PeopleFeelsHelpingArtistCoursesRecordsProduceLike YouShotsHelping OthersWorking ItCrashDocumentsLiving ThingsPresent Time Author:Blake Mills
“If I had interesting things to say, I would have been a speechwriter. I think it gets to musicians' heads a lot of the time. Just because people like your records doesn't mean what you have to say is going to be interesting.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanHas BeensInterestingRecordsLike YouMusicianInteresting Things Author:Aesop Rock
“With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to record an album. But for a hip-hop song, you can create a track and an idea with verses and choruses in a day, and get three different people on it. It seems like you're able to do more with hip-hop.” PeopleYearsIdeasDifferentSeemsAbleSongThreeRecordsRocksLike YouBandTrackHip HopAlbumsHipsHopsVersesDifferent PeoplesRock MusicChorusHip Hop Song Author:Travis Barker
“I don't really feel like you're making a record unless you pay attention to it.” FeelsPayAttentionRecordsLike YouPay Attention Author:Jeff Tweedy
“When a record company looks at me I'm very hard to market, I don't really fit anywhere, It's hard to get me on the air, and I'm hard to demography, but! because of that I'm not subject to trends like you pointed out.” LooksHardCompanyRecordsAirSubjectsLike YouFitTrendsLook At MeRecord CompaniesDemography Author:Leo Kottke
“If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a publicist having his say on how he should sing the songs. When you listen to his records, you feel like you're tapping into his voice.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsShouldMadeFeelingsSongVoiceRecordsLike YouProductionsManagersTappingPublicistsHowlin Wolf Author:M. Ward
“When you're making an album with people who made your favorite records as a rebellious teenager, it feels like you've achieved something.” PeopleFeelsMadeRecordsLike YouAlbumsTeenagerRebelliousYour FavoriteRebellious Teenagers Author:Yannis Philippakis
“Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's like you're in that person's brain. It's pretty cool.” PersonsEnergyEmotionBrainRecordsLike YouPure Author:Ty Segall
“Comparing yourself to the people like you, comparing yourself to the people who aren't like you, looking at how many records you've sold, looking at the venue size you're selling out. None of that can even remotely measure how happy you are.” PeopleRecordsLike YouSizeSellingCompareVenuesSelling OutComparing Yourself Author:Amanda Palmer
“Rick Rubin said, well, I don't know that we will sell records. He said, I would like you to go with me and sit in my living room with a guitar and two microphones and just sing to your heart's content everything you ever wanted to record. I said, that sounds good to me. So I did that. And day after day, three weeks, I sang for him.” KnowsWellsHeartSaidTwoWantedThreeSoundRoomsRecordsWeekLike YouSellsGuitarLiving RoomMicrophones Author:Johnny Cash
“In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's like, you borrow $100,000 from a record label, so you don't make any money until you make back that money for them. In theory, they have you held hostage, so you've got to do every little stupid thing that they want you to do.” WantLittlesRecordsStupidTheoryLike YouIndustryLabelsBorrowingHostageStupid ThingsRecord Labels Author:Patrick Carney
“When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like you. You end up sounding like somebody else. You end up getting what the record company thinks they can market.” PeopleThinkingWritingEndsUseShowsSongCompanyRecordsLike YouAwardsWriting SongsRecord CompaniesPaletteAward Shows Author:Mike Dirnt