“My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.” ThinkingMadeFilmPayAttentionRecordsTelevisionMachinesMy FavoritePay AttentionVisualsTapeSoundtracksAnswering Machines Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.” RealEndsSoundRecordsMachinesConsumersFactoriesTapeMechanicFidelityReal EducationHigh Fidelity Author:Alan Parsons
“What's amazing about Sarah [Brightman] is that she's sustained such a career. She just keeps going - she's like a machine. She tours and records and loves what she does. I think she's a really good example to anybody in the industry that there is life beyond the shows.” ThinkingDoeShowsCareersRecordsExampleIndustryMachinesAnd LoveKeep GoingGood Examples Author:Kerry Ellis
“The street's alive as secret debts are paid, Contacts made, they vanished unseen. Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades Hustling for the record machine. The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands That face off against each other out in the street, down in Jungleland.” MadeKidsFacesSecretRecordsAliveStreetsRocksBandMachinesPaidGuitarDebtHungryContactRock N RollFlashUnseenBladesHustleHunted Author:Bruce Springsteen
“There was a movement called 'disco sucks', it was a shame to like disco, but then there was no music to dance to, so some DJs started to use old disco records, but the B-sides and the acapellas, and we began producing beats with drum machines.” UseSidesMusicRecordsMovementBeatsMachinesShameDjsDisco Author:David Guetta
“Computers and rocket ships are examples of invention, not of understanding. ... All that is needed to build machines is the knowledge that when one thing happens, another thing happens as a result. It's an accumulation of simple patterns. A dog can learn patterns. There is no "why&rdqo"; in those examples. We don't understand why electricity travels. We don't know why light travels at a constant speed forever. All we can do is observe and record patterns.” KnowsLightHappensScienceUnderstandingCan DoSimpleResultsKnowledgeForeverRecordsOne ThingDogExampleNeededComputerMachinesConstantPatternsSpeedThings HappenInventionShipsElectricityRocketsAccumulation Author:Scott Adams
“The camera is just a machine, which records with impressive and as a rule very cruel faithfulness.” RecordsMachinesCamerasFaithfulnessImpressive Book:A Way of Seeing Source: A Way of Seeing