“I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.” IfsYearsFirstsLooksStoriesTodayEnjoySidesRecordsHeardHugeElementsImpactWestSevenEightWest SideWest Side Story Author:Steve Vai
“Art is the distillate of life, the winnowed result of the experience of a people, the record of the joyous adventure of the creative spirit in us toward a higher world; a world in which all ideas, thoughts, and forms are pure and beautiful and completely clear, the world Plato held to be perfect and eternal. All works that have in them an element of joy are records of this adventure.” PeopleWorldArtIdeasBeautifulFormJoySpiritPerfectResultsCreativeClearRecordsAdventureHigherPureElementsEternalArt IsPlatoJoyousCreative Spirit Author:Lawren Harris
“In the two years of preparing material for shows, I realized there are elements that are definitely going to work live, but might not be the most exciting thing to put on a record. And there's stuff that I really love but it falls flat live.” YearsTwoShowsMightFallStuffRecordsMaterialsElementsExcitingI RealizedTwo YearsFlatsPreparingGoing To WorkExciting Things Author:Girl Talk
“If you work with so many classical instruments... I mean, it still has this power, and it's still connected to the idea of techno. But it has its own quality, its own sound. It's in between, even more than the record before. You need to give every instrument, sound, and element the space it needs.” IfsNeedsGivingMeanStillsIdeasSoundSpaceQualityRecordsElementsInstrumentsConnectedTechno Author:Pantha du Prince
“Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records.” PeopleRecordsJourneyElementsFundamentalsSellsDance Music Author:Seth Troxler
“As I've gotten older, now I've really got to back that up with record sales. Anytime showed me that I could still have some of those elements I wanted, but you still have to come with hit after hit after hit.” StillsWantedRecordsElements Author:Brian McKnight