“But who you are is not a concept in the sky, and it's not a record of you accomplishments either. The most original and creative side of you can re-emerge only when you get time of your own, free time, wide-open time, uncommitted time, time in which to go after dreams or do absolutely nothing if you choose. Without it you can't have a self.” IfsSelfDreamSidesCreativeRecordsSkyConceptsOriginalsWho You AreAgingWideAccomplishmentYou ChooseAbsolutely NothingFree TimeUncommitted Author:Barbara Sher
“Indie record stores are as important to a touring musician as an incredible thrift store. I can't overstate how good it feels to place an original pressing of 'veedon fleece' in your most underused of shirts and pack it into your suitcase, anxiously awaiting the day you get home so that you can play it as though it was your reward or trophy from the long journey you had just finished embarking on.” FeelsLongI CanImportantPlayHomeRecordsJourneyMusicianOriginalsRewardsIncrediblesFinishedStoresShirtsPacksTouringTrophiesThriftSuitcasesLong JourneyRecord StoresFleeceEmbarking Author:Nate Ruess
“I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.” RecordsHeardWeekOriginalsBuying Author:Tim Gane
“My favorite record shop was called Recommended Records, in South London near where I lived - they did all the original Faust reissues that came out in 1979, and they also did a lot of Sun Ra stuff. They were a great record shop.” StuffSunRecordsOriginalsSouthMy FavoriteLondonShopsFaust Author:Tim Gane
“Anything that has to travel all the way down from your cerebellum to your fingertips, there's a lot of things that can happen on the journey. Sometimes I'll listen to records, my own stuff, and I think god, the original idea for this was so much better than the mutation that we arrived at.” ThinkingWayIdeasSometimesHappensStuffMy OwnRecordsJourneyOriginalsFingertipsOriginal IdeasMutation Author:Elvis Costello
“[Photography] ties back into this feeling of wanting to watch things fall and the moment before they break. Fireworks are that way for me - this lovely thing that blows up and is gone. It all goes back to this desire to record things before they disappear - the original reason we take pictures, right?” WayReasonMomentsFeelingsDesireFallWatchesBreakGoneRecordsPhotographyOriginalsBlowDisappearLovelyTiesFireworksLovely Things Author:Laurel Nakadate
“It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.” ArtistSongRecordsOriginalsTribute Author:Etta James
“I write a lot and I will have some originals on the record. I think it is a mistake for an artist like me to think I am a better writer than Cole Porter. I think it is important to realize what my strengths are. I do like to write and I'm not shabby but I don't think I'm the most brilliant writer. I think it would be a shame and sort so egotistical to say I don't need these wonderful writers. These men created works of art and wrote hundreds of beautiful songs. It would be a mistake for me to say at this point in my career that I am so good.” ThinkingMenNeedsWritingArtImportantWould BeBeautifulArtistSongRealizingMistakeCareersRecordsWonderfulShameOriginalsBrilliantLike MeWorks Of ArtEgotisticalShabby Author:Michael Buble