“I've always spent a lot of time on my records with what I think were unique rhythmic approaches... but no one ever writes about your rhythm playing” ThinkingWritingRecordsApproachUniqueRhythm Author:Joe
“The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls into convulsions at the approach of freedom. That the fall of slavery is predetermined in the counsels of Omnipotence I cannot doubt; it is a part of the great moral improvement in the condition of man, attested by all the records of history. But the conflict will be terrible, and the progress of improvement perhaps retrograde before its final progress to consummation.” MenFactsFallLibertyMoralPrinciplesIssuesDoubtRecordsProgressConditionsTerribleConflictApproachSlaveryFinalsImprovementOmnipotencePredeterminedRetrograde Book:Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 Source: Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848
“I feel like there's a lot of beauty in the darkness of 'Narrow Stairs,' but that's not really a place I'm ready to go to for a while. I'm interested in taking a different approach and having the next record be different in tone - I'm just not interested in making another dark, dark album.” FeelsDifferentNextDarkDarknessRecordsReadyApproachAlbumsToneNot InterestedStairsDifferent Approach Author:Ben Gibbard
“I learned in the last few years that it's really unhappy and really unsustainable to try and base your well being on something as arbitrary as record sale and critical acclaim and the interests of the public. All of those things are so fickle. So my approach now to music is I want to make records that I love, and I hope that other people love them, then that's OK.” PeopleWantTryingYearsWellsLastsInterestRecordsApproachMusic IsCriticalUnhappyWell BeingArbitraryFickleAcclaim Author:Moby
“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 tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then put it away and wait until I've gotten more thoughts on it or get sure exactly how to approach it.” ThinkingWritingSongWaitingRecordsApproachDemos Author:Christopher Owens
“I'm at a stage in my career where I don't expect or get too much editorial input into what I'm doing. I have a proven track record of success, so my editors are willing to cut me some slack even when a particular approach is not to their personal taste.” CareersRecordsToo MuchCuttingStageParticularWillingTasteApproachTrackEditorsProvenInputEditorialsTrack RecordPersonal Taste Author:Grant Morrison
“Whereas I want everything to be peaceful during a birth, I take the total opposite approach when I'm helping someone come to terms with leaving this place - I play Richard Pryor records.” WantPlayHelpingTermRecordsBirthApproachOppositesLeavingPeacefulHelping Someone Author:Erykah Badu