“I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.” ThinkingLittlesSelfAbleFightingBitsWalksRecordsWillingPrideLittle BitSakeSelf Respect Author:Ryan Adams
“It would be really nice to make a record that would be super-fun to play live - a record that would be funny, with a little bit of heart.” HeartLittlesPlayWould BeFunBitsRecordsNiceLittle BitReally Nice Author:Ryan Adams
“I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing.” WorldTryingKindLittlesCountryBitsRecordsLittle BitPreparedSave The WorldJohnny Appleseed Author:Don McLean
“I really don't listen to anyone that I'm not proud of saying that I listen to. Even if it's something a little bit more unexpected, I didn't get too deep into the Waka, Gucci records, but I like those with pride.” IfsLittlesBitsRecordsPrideProudLittle BitUnexpectedToo DeepGucci Author:Solange Knowles
“Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did it, I lived it and I breathed it every day of my life for 30-odd years and now I am slowing down a little bit. But it does not mean that I am any less intense and dedicated to the work that I am doing now. I have other priorities in life as well.” YearsWellsMeanLittlesPersonsDoeAgeBitsRecordsLittle BitMusicianPrioritiesIntenseOddDedicatedSlow DownSlowingPart TimePriorities In Life Author:David Gilmour
“I think that when one is dead one should be a little bit bolder, so that the rest of us may have some record of how things actually were.” ThinkingShouldMayLittlesBitsRecordsLittle Bit Author:Michael Holroyd
“For all of my life, I've had this one song in my head, and I'm still trying to write it. I'm still trying to get that song out. I'm getting closer, every record I get a little bit closer to saying it the way I want to say it.” WayWantWritingTryingLittlesStillsSongBitsRecordsLittle Bit Author:Torquil Campbell
“Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph?” WritingWellsKindLittlesSaidRealWholeGuySongBitsRecordsWifePerspectiveKeysGrewHigherOne DayLittle BitGrew UpSingingIntentionProducersIronyOddMaryStandpointLullabyFalsetto Author:Bart Millard
“It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive ways, and there's certain mistakes of my own that I always do find on every record that I needed to accept. I find it really interesting to talk about. I always write songs at the wrong tempos, and I have to learn to accept that a little bit.” PeopleWayWritingLittlesCertainSongBitsMy OwnInterestingMistakeAcceptingRecordsFocusNeededLittle BitAlbumsReally InterestingTempoVery FamousReally Positive Author:Zach Condon
“I think it's stripped down as far as electronics go, but we just wanted to write a record that we felt better represented how we sound live with more of a rock feel, which is the direction we've been heading. It's just an evolution of the band throughout the years. We worked on this record longer than any other record, so I don't know if "stripped down" is how I would put it; I think it is a little bit more raw sounding.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingYearsLittlesWantedFeltBitsSoundRecordsRocksEvolutionBandLittle BitHeadingsElectronics Author:Jason C. Miller
“And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsLittlesHelpingSongFightingBitsBehindsCompanyRecordsKeysLittle BitRecord CompaniesCatchy Author:Joan Jett
“I kind of liked the method of the seventies where they would throw a little bit of money at a hundred different groups - not millions of dollars per group, but, you know, a few thousand. Throw them in the studio, and if five of those groups came out with a hit record it would be money well spent.” IfsKnowsWellsKindLittlesDifferentWould BeBitsMillionsRecordsFiveGroupsThousandLittle BitHundredMethodDollarsStudiosSeventiesMoney Well Spent Author:Tony Visconti
“Well, this is shortly after the idea was put to me because it wasn't my idea to do a Christmas record. We can talk about that a little bit, if you like, later on. But I wrote that song actually about two days after the idea was put to me.” IfsWellsLittlesTwoIdeasSongBitsRecordsLittle BitTwo Days Author:Nick Lowe
“And I remember that about three years before that, her first record had come out. And I just remember really liking this one song off it called "In My Bed" and being a little bit enamored. This, you know, this young kind of Jewish girl from North London, you know, I have the same thing - from a Jewish family from North London - with this incredible voice.” KnowsYearsFirstsKindLittlesRememberYoungSongGirlThreeBitsVoiceRecordsBedLittle BitIncrediblesLondonThree YearsEnamoredJewish Family Author:Mark Ronson
“I think subconsciously or selfishly I knew that I was supposed to do something. It was like a thumping or a throbbing saying, "Yes, this what you've been waiting for." But you're a little dim to those spiritual thoughts when you're dumb like me. So I did have to get a little bit of a kick. I played it for a bunch of people and I think their reactions were warm and deep enough that they gave me the courage to get [the record] out there.” PeopleThinkingLittlesEnoughSpiritualBitsWaitingRecordsLittle BitWarmReactionsBunchLike MeDumbKicksSaying Yes Author:Justin Vernon
“In the process of making the record, I was just so bored all the time working whatever stupid job. I felt like a stagnant pond that has algae and mildew and weird animal cells, and I felt like if I sat around not doing anything long enough, that I'd probably end up going a little bit crazy.” IfsLittlesLongEndsEnoughJobsFeltBitsProcessAnimalRecordsCrazyStupidLittle BitCellsBoredSatPondsStagnantAlgaeSo BoredMildew Author:Josh Jones
“I'm 34 now, I like to say 35 because it makes me look better for my age, and I have to keep a little bit of a profile so that every three years if I do put a record out, I don't have to substantiate where I've been for three years and why the silence and the sort of false mysterioso.” IfsYearsLooksLittlesAgeThreeBitsSilenceRecordsLittle BitThree YearsProfile Author:Chrissie Hynde
“I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love Michelle even more - and by the way, they are not middle-aged anymore, because I'm now middle-aged. So they're a little bit older. As fervent as they were, as excited and happy as they were when I was elected, they had to go to work the next morning. They still had trouble paying those bills. They might have still had a son who was in trouble with the law or couldn't get a job because of a felony record. They didn't stop being grounded.” WayLittlesStillsMightJobsLawNextBitsBlackTalkingMorningRecordsTroubleMiddleSonLittle BitAnd LoveBillsExcitedBarackGroundedMiddle AgedFerventFelony Author:Barack Obama
“When you have mega-corporations that have record profits, but they don't want to share even a little bit of that with their workers, we are actually putting our communities at peril.” WantLittlesBitsCommunityRecordsShareLittle BitWorkersProfitCorporationsPerilOur CommunityMega Author:Nina Turner