“So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.” PeopleLittlesWantedTurnsMy OwnMetsFindingsProjectsTablesStudiosProducersDevelopingExecutivesCrumbsBread Crumbs Author:Rupert Sanders
“I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.” PeopleWayWantShowsMy OwnModelsIndependentEntertainmentStudiosNew Ways Author:Zachary Levi
“I've built an 8-track studio in my house that's virtually identical to what they used at Abbey Road, and I also own the 16-track set-up that Led Zeppelin used to record 'Houses of the Holy.' I'm interested in producing, but I'm mostly recording my own stuff.” UsedHouseStuffMy OwnRecordsHolyBuiltTrackStudiosIdenticalZeppelinsAbbeyAbbey Road Author:Lukas Haas
“Once I started reinventing for myself what being an artist was - not going into a studio, but making things on my own terms in response to being out in the world - I started to really enjoy it... I realized that everything else for me was hell.” WorldArtistEnjoyTermMy OwnHellResponseStudiosI RealizedRenewalBeing An ArtistReinventing Author:Cornelia Parker
“Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that I know could be better. I don't want art that needs fixing, I want art that sends me back to the studio to fix my own.” KnowsWantNeedsLooksArtCoursesMy OwnCriticsStudiosFixing Author:Walter Darby Bannard
“I've always wanted to have my own studio because this is a way for me to finally take all things that I've always dreamt about and actually put them into action.” WayActionWantedMy OwnAll ThingsStudios Author:Ron Perlman
“I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear them. Finally the Foo Fighters stuff happened when I just went to the studio down the street from my house and recorded some stuff in about five or six days, and all these people wanted to release it as an album. I wanted to release it on my own, with no photos and no names on it.” PeopleWritingWantedSongHouseNamesStuffMy OwnFiveHappenedStreetsSixIntentionAlbumsStudiosReleaseFighterWriting SongsDemosFoo Fighters Author:Dave Grohl
“If you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there are lots of people and a big production involved. The money is more natural somehow. For me, I am just on my own in the studio, trying to make things work. One thing is sure: it doesn't make painting any easier.” PeopleIfsTryingHeartBigsNaturalMy OwnOne ThingPaintingInvolvedEasierProductionsWork OutStudiosChrome Author:Peter Doig
“I'm really passionate about the song Sky Spills Over. It was fun creating it in the studio and I've been overwhelmed at the response it gets when we perform it live every night. My son Ryan is a really talented filmmaker so I always enjoy working with him on a project. But what made this project even more special was that 3 of my own grandkids were in the video. This video was a lot of fun to make. I hope people enjoy it!” PeopleMadeNightSongFunEnjoyMy OwnSkySpecialSonProjectsCreatingResponsePassionateStudiosVideoFilmmakerOver ItMy SonEvery NightOverwhelmedSpillsGrandkids Author:Michael W. Smith
“I'm never gonna go into a studio and work for a whole year non-stop. Just every day on my own in the studio working, it's just too damn hard.” YearsHardWholeMy OwnStudiosDamnWorking ItWhole YearNon Stop Author:Imogen Heap
“I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing and doing my own thing. I didn't really know what a demo was or anything like that, so I started getting interested in studio gear and started learning about one instrument at a time. My first instrument was an accordion.” KnowsWritingFirstsStuffMy OwnInstrumentsStudiosGearsMaking UpDemosAccordions Author:Hunter Hayes
“I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.” IfsMy OwnClassCareersTeachExerciseGainsWeightStudiosCompulsion Author:Richard Simmons
“I'm not some movie star relying on a studio. I have my own fans and I earned them.” StarsMy OwnFansStudiosMovie Star Author:Tucker Max
“As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me. My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.” IdeasMatterInspirationSongMy OwnSubjectsPaintingPeriodsStudiosPerformingUsualJuiceSubject MatterPouring Author:Adrian Belew
“I'm not a home-studio guy. I spend a lot of time working by myself developing songs, but I really need some other counterpart to help me pull it all together, because you go nuts working if I had to finish an entire project all within my own head.” IfsNeedsHelpingHomeTogetherGuySongMy OwnProjectsStudiosDevelopingHelp MeNutsCounterparts Author:Andrew Bird