“I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.” BelieveHas BeensNightBornRecordsCryStrikesClockTwelveFriday Book:The Works of Charles Dickens Source: The Works of Charles Dickens
“America already holds the record for freak movements. Now we have a new one. It's called "Restoring Confidence." Rich men who never had a mission in life outside of watching a stock ticker are working day and night "restoring confidence." Writers are working night shifts, speakers' tables are littered up, ministers are preaching statistics, all on "restoring confidence."” MenAmericaNightBusinessRichRecordsMovementTablesMissionsMinistersStatisticsFreakSpeakersPreachingDay And NightRich ManRestoringMissions In LifeNight Shift Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929 Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929
“I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.” IfsLittlesNightSoundRecordsMiddleFancyMiddle Of The Night Author:Barry Gibb
“I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right.” YearsYoungNightStudyRecordsSawsPlayerListeningSingingLoudRelaxDozenHornsOne NightMicrophonesLester Young Author:Marvin Gaye
“I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort of drudgery of going out on tour and trying to recreate the record, playing the same 12 songs every night.” WritingTryingI CanNightSongProcessRecordsDisappearRelateEvery NightGoing OutDrudgery Author:Andrew Bird
“To the Memory of those faithful brown slave-men of the plantations throughout the South, Daddy's contemporaries all, who during the war while their masters were away fighting in a cause opposed to their emancipation, brought their blankets and slept outside their mistresses' doors, thus keeping night-watch over otherwise unprotected women and children -- a faithful guardianship of which the annals of those troublous times record no instance of betrayal.” MenChildrenWarNightFightingCausesMemoriesWatchesRecordsDoorsMastersSlaverySlaveSouthBetrayalInstanceFaithfulBrownDaddyMistressBlanketEmancipationPlantationsGuardianship Author:Ruth Stout
“There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.” PeopleWantWritingTwoPlayNightSongChallengesRecordsFiveMonthsRadioFantasticComposerSaturdaySaturday NightTwo Months Author:Robert Wyatt
“The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me!” PeopleFirstsWellsNightSongSoundRecordsAngelAll NightBlinkUp All Night Author:Tom DeLonge
“I just implore local music fans to get out on a regular basis to support the local bands that you like. If you find what the corporate record industry shovels out as distasteful, prove that there's a demand for something different and better. I don't expect everyone else to do the two or three nights a week that I did at my peak, but two or three shows a month isn't much of a burden for true music fans!” IfsTwoDifferentShowsNightThreeSupportRecordsWeekFansMonthsIndustryBandDemandProveBasesBurdenLocalsCorporateShovelsDistastefulMusic Fans Author:Larry Howes
“I used to play my records aloud until one night my mother was like, "This is too loud. I'm not having it," and so I put on headphones. But the headphones didn't stretch all the way to my bed from the record player, so I had to sleep on the floor in order to hear the records. I slept on the floor right next to the record player until I was probably 19 years old.” WayYearsPlayUsedMotherNightOrderNextSleepRecordsPlayerBedLoudOne NightHeadphonesRecord Players Author:Lauryn Hill
“I wake up in the morning, or the middle of the night when an idea comes through. My songwriting style, basically I just write down information given to me from the muse and how that works for songwriters. Record the muse and the muse delivers.” WritingIdeasNightGivenMorningRecordsMiddleStyleInformationWake UpSongwritingSongwritersMuseMiddle Of The NightWriting Style Author:Creed Bratton
“I usually record all through the night, but I'm known for waking up early in the morning. Even if I had recorded till 3 or 4 in the morning I might wake up at 9 or 10. I never sleep till 1 o clock.” IfsMightNightSleepKnownMorningRecordsWake UpClockWakingUp EarlyNever SleepWaking Up Early Author:Gucci Mane
“I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.” WellsI CanNightHoursSleepWatchesRecordsTvsHanging OutTake MeCan't SleepNighttimeNocturnalI Can't Sleep Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.” IfsYearsPlayShowsArtistNightCan DoPayRecordsFansPerformancesCoreSincereAwardsAward ShowsGreat PerformanceGreat Night Author:Jay-Z
“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.” PeopleDoneNightNamesExistenceRecordsForgottenUsualOne TimeDeniedRegisterNineteenThought Police Book:1984 Source: 1984
“If I dont get enough sleep, my brain gets fatigued, and the voice suffers. If Im doing some retail work and trying to read and record legal copy, I start sounding like I had a few too many the night before.” IfsTryingEnoughNightSufferingVoiceSleepBrainRecordsCopiesRetailEnough Sleep Author:Roger Craig Smith
“We still play three or four hits every night. Now, we don't play them like the record. We try to find new ways to do it.” WayTryingStillsPlayNightThreeRecordsFourEvery NightNew Ways Author:Bruce Hornsby
“I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel. Everything I did is on the record and, if you want to hear it, just listen to the record.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsFeelsWritingWould BeNightReadingDarkNovelRecordsAffectionEvery NightJust Listen Author:Tom Lehrer
“They're the salt of the earth, those girls. They don't sit each night and compare notes on groups, criticising lyrics, asking if it's valid. They just play the record... yeah, and maybe they dance. I love them. I love them dearly” IfsPlayEarthNightGirlRecordsGroupsAskingYeahNotesCompareSaltSalt Of The Earth Author:David Bowie
“I think music piracy is forcing many people to look at the live aspect of the record industry as an income and in many ways that's what sets apart good music and musicians from the fly by night pop sensations.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksNightRecordsIndustryMusicianAspectPopsIncomeSensationsPiracy Author:Ben Howard