“I'm not the cool thing, and I'm not going to be the cool thing for a really long time, and it isn't like I'm not the cool thing and I sell 3,000,000 records every time. I'm not the cool thing, and I barely sell 150,000 records, if that, ever. So I'm obviously working really hard to sustain myself. I'm actually a target to be dropped, because that's just not enough records for a big company.” IfsLongHardEnoughBigsCompanyRecordsLong TimeSellsTargetCool ThingsReally LongBig CompaniesWorking Really Hard Author:Ryan Adams
“I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one will never be broken. That record will never be touched.” FeelsLongRecordsBrokenLong TimeBaseballTouchedHalfway Author:Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
“I first met (Bob Dylan) in '65. We've had a friendship for a long time. He decided to play on a record I was making in New York. We were just friends playing together.” FirstsLongPlayTogetherRecordsNew YorkMetsLong TimeDecidedBobDylanJust FriendsPlaying Together Author:Doug Sahm
“I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for a long time. If getting better at it means it goes over the heads of those who only wanted to party, then so be it.” IfsMeanLongBigsWantedPartyBehindsRecordsLong TimeGet BetterRefined Author:Tom Petty
“I think when you've been in office for a long time, you have a record, and that record is fair game.” ThinkingLongGamesRecordsOfficeLong TimeFairsFair Game Author:Kay Bailey Hutchison
“I have always been heavily involved in every album I have ever made. I'm very stubborn when it comes to recording and will only record songs I love, which is why it takes me a long time to make an album.” LongMadeSongRecordsInvolvedLong TimeAlbumsTake MeStubborn Author:Britney Spears
“Two weeks after having Bandit I was in a recording studio. I hadnt yet really fully understood what being a dad was and, man, I was exhausted. But she is 17 months now. Shes running, shes been running for a long time. Shes inspired me a great deal for the record. She even goes Wow Daddy! when I play to her.” MenLongTwoPlayRunningDealsRecordsWeekMonthsDadLong TimeUnderstoodInspiredStudiosWowExhaustedDaddyTwo WeeksBeing A DadBanditsRecording Studio Author:Gerard Way
“I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFirstsBelieveLongSaidSchoolWinningRecordsFiveJudgingTomorrowLong TimeFirst TimeImportanceCompetitionExcitedLabelsRanSongwritingHarvardValidationRecord LabelsDemosYou Re Amazing Author:Lana Del Rey
“When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel. It just took me a really long time to get to a place where I felt comfortable with the material and the recording.” FeelsLongSongNamesFeltRecordsMaterialsComfortableLong TimeSoloHow You FeelReally Long Author:Jenny Lewis
“There was a long time in my life where I made music that I thought my friends would like, or that I thought would get me a record deal, or what I thought I was supposed to make because that's what I was seeing in mainstream. I didn't know myself; I didn't find myself musically or, in real life.” KnowsLongMadeRealDealsRecordsSeeingLong TimeMy FriendsReal LifeMainstream Author:Danny Brown