“I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.” PeopleCountrySongRecordsFrontsMomDadStandardsDown AndMy MomOld PeopleBack WhenMom And Dad Author:Ricky Skaggs
“Everything that’s out now…rap wise and music wise in general [is whack]. I mean, you know whack when you see it. So I’m on a crusade against whackness, and I hope no whackness comes my way. That’s my move, my mission for this record: to combat whackness on all fronts – to make sure that people know what quality music is. It’s not so much about message, but have something to say.” PeopleKnowsWayMeanMovingQualityRecordsWiseFrontsMessagesMusic IsRapMissionsMy WayCombatCrusadesQuality Music Author:Jeru the Damaja
“Paint records the most delicate gesture and the most tense. It tells whether the painter sat or stood or crouched in front of the canvas. Paint is a cast made of the painter's movements, a portrait of the painter's body and thoughts.” MadeBodyRecordsFrontsMovementPaintingPaintCastsPainterSatDelicateGesturesCanvasPortraitsTense Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is
“Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that was a record number.” ThinkingWinningNumbersRecordsFansFrontsThousandFemaleGoldMalesMedalUnrealStadiumsGold Medals Author:Carli Lloyd
“Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.” PeopleKnowsOrderDealsRecordsFansFrontsGoes OnBeatsSingingLabelsIdolsContestsAmerican Idol Author:Jake Owen
“When you're making records, you develop, and so you hear the things you want to move away from. It stings a little, but you know, you gotta own it too. You've got to just go, "You know, I wasn't afraid to learn in front of people, so I give myself a little credit for not being afraid of anything."” PeopleKnowsWantGivingLittlesMovingRecordsFrontsCreditBeing Afraid Author:Neko Case
“God took the record of all your sins-all your sexual failures-that made you a debtor to wrath, and instead of holding them up in front of your face and using them as the warrant to send you to hell, he put them in the palm of his Son’s hand and nailed them to the cross.” MadeHandsFacesSinHellRecordsFrontsSonCrossesYour FacePalmsWrathWarrantsDebtors Author:John Piper
“When I was a little kid I loved the Marx brothers and discovered Monty Python when I was 10 or 11-years-old. I used to take a tape recorder and hold it up in front of the TV to record entire episodes to play over and over again, so that I could memorise it.” YearsLittlesPlayKidsUsedRecordsFrontsBrotherTvsTapeEpisodesLittle KidRecordersPythonMontyMarx Brothers Author:Rainn Wilson
“I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local music establishment, and I emphasize the word "establishment," was there in force, and the handful of us who knew the Ramones were up in front. And half the fun was, you know, not only were the Ramones the most powerful band I had ever seen at that point, but they made it look so simple - that anyone could do it, hell, even I could do it. This is what I should be doing.” KnowsShouldLooksMadeCountryFunForceSimplePowerfulHalfCompanyHellRecordsSawsRocksFrontsBandLocalsOpeningMade ItMost PowerfulEstablishmentHandfulPalacesRecord CompaniesDenverRamones Author:Jello Biafra
“From the moment the tourist enters the site, everyone has to be photographed in front of every feature of note.... The photographic record of the visit has almost destroyed the very notion of actually looking.” MomentsRecordsFrontsNotesNotionDestroyedFeaturesSiteTourists Author:Martin Parr
“A photograph records both the thing in front of the camera and the conditions of its making... A photograph is also a document of the state of mind of the photographer. And if you were to extend the idea of the set-up photograph beyond just physically setting up the picture, I would argue that the photographer wills the picture into being.” IfsMindIdeasStatesRecordsConditionsFrontsCamerasPhotographerPhotographArguingSettingSettingsState Of MindDocuments Author:James Welling