“Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.” InterestRecordsRateDespiteReformGreekInterest RateTradersSpeculators Author:George Papandreou
“For this very reason I refuse all the tricks of the trade and professional virtuosity which could make me betray my career. As soon as I find a subject which interests me, I leave it to the lens to record it truthfully. Look at the reporters and at the amateur photographer! They both have only one goal; to record a memory or a document. And that is pure photography.” LooksReasonGoalInterestMemoriesCareersRecordsSubjectsPurePhotographyTradePhotographerRefuseTricksBetrayReportersDocumentsLensesVirtuosity Author:Andre Kertesz
“John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast to his reckless and expansive promises of new government spending on the campaign trail.” YearsGovernmentPoliticalInterestRecordsDisciplinePromiseSpendingCampaignsSenateContrastTrailsRecklessStarksJohn KerryGovernment SpendingGimmicksNew Government Author:Steve Schmidt
“That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.” KnowsWholeInterestKnow HowRecordsWhole LifeLifestyle Author:Robbie Robertson
“The industrial real estate market completed one of its strongest demand cycles in history as several factors ignited the fire. For projects coming on line in 2005, record-low interest rates during the design phase 12 to 18 months prior provided additional incentive for development and absorption.” RealInterestLinesRecordsFireDesignMonthsDevelopmentDemandProjectsLowsRateFactorsCyclesStrongestPhasesEstatesIncentivesInterest RateAbsorptionReal Estate Market Author:Brian Gordon
“What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a silly sex scandal just to sell a record!” PeopleSexCausesInterestRecordsSellsSillyScandal Author:John Lydon
“I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again.” HandsWantedLastsLostFeltEasyInterestCareersWorryRecordsInvolvedBeatsTiredCelebrateExhaustedGet InvolvedLawsuit Author:Tom Petty
“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
“In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a record and the drums are perfectly gridded and the vocals are perfectly auto tuned, I throw it out the window. I have no interest in rock music being like that.” HandsHateSoundInterestPerfectRecordsRocksMusic IsWindowI HateStudiosTunesVocalRock MusicGridsAuto Tune Author:Taylor Hawkins
“Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.” PeopleKindMomentsInterestDecisionInterestingRecordsCollegeBandHandleManagersLabelsRecord LabelsEarly 20s Author:Noah Baumbach
“The difficulty seems to be, not so much that we publish unduly in view of the extent and variety of present day interests, but rather that publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.” Has BeensRealUseSeemsInterestAbilityViewsRecordsDifficultyVarietyPublishPublicationPresent Day Author:Vannevar Bush
“I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was maybe almost out of college. I knew criticism existed. I read Rolling Stone and Spin. Siskel and Ebert were on television. But I had absolutely no idea how to get that kind of life. And moreover, it didn't interest me that much. I just sort of read normal books growing up. I wasn't that media-conscious. I felt like the one thing I was able to do was to listen to a record and decide whether I liked it.” KindBookIdeasAbleJobsFeltInterestGrowing UpRecordsGrowingOne ThingRocksMediaTelevisionCollegeNormalConsciousStonesCriticismCriticsNo IdeaDawnRollingRolling Stones Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when I might be meeting that person's manager backstage an hour later.” PersonsMightInterestHoursRecordsConflictCriticismMeetingsObviousManagersSay AnythingGave UpConflict Of Interest Author:Stephin Merritt
“I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There's a generation of musicians in New York who know my records better than I do.” KnowsInterestRaceRecordsGenerationsFansNew YorkFameProjectsMusicianJazzWho I AmHipsRatsParticipatingRat Race Author:Paul Smoker