“I have never lived in New York City, but a lot of people think that I am a New Yorker, because I was embraced by the Downtown scene since the 1980s. For the record I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.” PeopleThinkingBornCitiesRecordsNew YorkSceneRaisedCaliforniaLos AngelesNew York CityNew YorkersDowntownBorn And Raised Author:Vaginal Davis
“I wanted to make a site where I wasn't mailing physical things to people, but I was still giving people things, and I would have this relationship with that person, and if that person was interested in the object, they would have to email me and I would send that object digitally to them. So, I wanted the relationship with that person, however brief, and I wanted to spread the digital record of the things I have.” PeopleIfsGivingPersonsStillsWantedRecordsObjectsSpreadDigitalSiteEmailPhysical ThingsMailing Author:Mary Mattingly
“In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.” PeopleYearsShowsFeelingsGamesRecordsLateStartingComing Out Author:Ariel Pink
“For me the idea was always throw myself into different situations and push your imagination as far as you can to get to where you want to get to. I think a lot of bands make the same record over and over again because they're married to the same three or four people. At some point they've done all they can do with their own imaginations.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasDifferentDoneThreeCan DoImaginationSituationRecordsFourBandMarried Author:Mark Oliver Everett
“I don't know where people get the idea that every Wilco record is supposed to have drama. OK, I guess historically speaking we've had our fair share of ups and downs.” PeopleKnowsIdeasRecordsShareDramaFairsUps & DownsFair Share Author:Jeff Tweedy
“In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star ... Today people can idolize a star in one area and forget about him in another. A big rock star might sell millions and millions of records, but then if he makes a bad movie ... forget it.” PeopleIfsWholeBigsMightTodayFilmUsedStarsForgetMillionsRecordsFansRocksAreasAnd LoveSellsForget ItRock StarBad Movies Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
“If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things.” PeopleIfsShouldIdeasUseBigsRunningRecordsElectionPaintOpponentsVotersScareTacticsSmall ThingsStaleFresh Ideas Author:Barack Obama
“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
“That's a terrifying prospect for myself, and I'm sure many other people, as well. We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player, constantly, to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by the idea of solitude. I'm excited about that.” PeopleWellsIdeasHouseRecordsPlayerTvsSolitudeExcitedIntriguedRecord Players Author:Katee Sackhoff
“There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFirstsFoundWaitingRecordsReadyExpressionAgreeTrackImpressionSpectacularBetter WaysFirst ImpressionTrack Record Author:Simon Cowell
“The U.S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than just scratch the surface. The story is such that 500 years from now people will be writing and reading about it.” PeopleWorldWritingYearsWarDoneStoriesReadingRecordsArmySurfaceWar Of The WorldsHistorianWorld War IiWorld War IScratchesWriting And Reading Author:Rick Atkinson
“I got tired of seeing otherwise innocent young kids from all walks of life getting criminal records for, in effect, doing nothing more than millions of other people in society were doing with alcohol.” PeopleKidsYoungWalksMillionsRecordsSeeingEffectsTiredAlcoholCriminalsInnocentDoing NothingWalks Of Life Author:Ron Clarke
“I think it's very important, and I think that what young people will learn from my experience is that even presidents have to do that and there are consequences when you don't. But I also think that there will be a box score, and there will be that one negative, and then there will be the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times when the record will show that I did not abuse my authority as president, that I was truthful with the American people.” PeopleThinkingImportantShowsYoungPresidentRecordsAuthorityConsequenceNegativeAbuseBoxesScoreTruthful Author:William J. Clinton
“You hear a lot of jokes every once in a while about 'Silent Cal Coolidge.' The joke is on the people who make the jokes. Look at his record. He cut the taxes four times. We had probably the greatest growth and prosperity that we've ever known. I have taken heed of that because if he did that by doing nothing, maybe that's the answer.” PeopleIfsLooksGrowthAnswersKnownTakenRecordsFourCuttingTaxesJokesSilentProsperityDoing NothingHeed Author:Ronald Reagan
“The luge is the only Olympic event where you could have people competing in it against their will, and it would look exactly the same. Take people off the street, 'Hey, hey, hey, what is this?! I don't wanna be in the luge!' Once you put that helmet on them, 'You're in the luge, buddy!' 'aaaAAAaaaAAAaaaAAA... aaaAAAAA...' World record. Didn't even wanna do it. I'd like to see that next Olympics, the Involuntary Luge.” PeopleWorldLooksNextRecordsStreetsEventsHeyOlympicsCompetingBuddyHelmetInvoluntaryWorld Records Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic.” PeopleThinkingFilmEvilRecordsRealisticTapeNow And Then Book:POPism: The Warhol Sixties Source: POPism: The Warhol Sixties
“A lot of people don't think much about what land surveyors do. In a nutshell, we are the interpreters and providers of landmarks and records that directly impact real property.” PeopleThinkingRealRecordsLandImpactPropertyProvidersInterpreterLandmarksReal PropertySurveyorsLand Surveyor Author:Mark Mason
“It's sort of my fun to sing along with records and imitate people who are on the telephone that have different ways of speaking.” PeopleWayDifferentFunRecordsDifferent WaysTelephones Author:Meryl Streep
“I don't get how people want to read books on computers because it must be really bad for your eyes, for starters. I love the smell of books and I just like the whole experience of it. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I like that whole experience - it's the same as I like putting on a record or a CD and waiting for it to arrive or buying it and waiting to listen to it in full.” PeopleWantBookWholeEyeWaitingRecordsComputerSmellBuyingOld FashionedCdsStarters Author:Kate Nash
“I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's complete, total freedom for me. If I want to make a video, now that I own my own record company, if the video has an American flame being engulfed by a huge puddle of oil, I can do that, I can say that if I want to.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentUseCan DoMy OwnCompanyRecordsPlayerHugeBandStudiosOilVideoFlamesDifferent PeoplesRecord CompaniesPuddles Author:Richard Patrick
“It is a fact that, up to seven million people a year are dying from fossil fuel pollution. It is a fact that we are already dealing with the catastrophe of climate change in places like California, where people have been burnt out of their homes and where they are dealing with record droughts.” PeopleYearsHas BeensFactsHomeMillionsRecordsDyingClimateSevenClimate ChangeCaliforniaFuelPollutionCatastropheFossilsFossil FuelDroughtBurnt Out Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I have no problem going on record with this and probably have gone on record with this before, there aren't that many people who I respect. There just aren't.” PeopleProblemGoneRecordsNo Problem Author:Marc Jacobs
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunStuffRecordsComedyPlayerBrotherMaterialsMomHigh SchoolBillsAlbumsMy BrotherGradesFunny StuffRecord Players Author:Felipe Esparza
“I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines, and suicide everywhere, but the leaders kept boasting about their great achievements and bright tomorrows. I saw all this and tried to show it in my pictures as simply and straightforwardly as I could. All I wanted to do was record how all these poor people adapted to lies and suffering, how they got used to it, how, in fact they were bound to miss it when it was over.” PeopleLongCountryFactsShowsRealityWantedUsedLyingSufferingLinesPoorLeaderRecordsSawsMissingTomorrowPoliticianAchievementSuicideBoundsCorruptionGoodsPollutionPoor PeopleBoastAdaptedShamelessGreat AchievementLong LinesSleazy Author:Antonin Kratochvil
“A lot of photography is making records of people, as objects, friends. It's like organizing a wardrobe - in terms of size etc.” PeopleTermRecordsObjectsPhotographySizeEtcWardrobe Author:Francesca Woodman
“The camera is an eye that sees and records the lives of filthy people. Its pictures are hung in museums and published in thick books that future generations can see how horrible life was.” PeopleBookEyeRecordsGenerationsCamerasHorribleMuseumsThickHungFuture GenerationFilthyEyes That SeeHorrible Life Author:David Shrigley
“Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.” PeopleMadeEnoughBigsRecordsCoupleAssumingBikeJetGarageMachoLearLuggageMinivans Author:Dave Grohl
“These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.” PeopleWantCompanyRecordsGoing OutRecord Companies Author:Lester Bowie
“My records are borderline dance records. They've got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there's a lot of people that were like, 'This is a dance record.'” PeopleHeartRealSoulRecordsRocksPopsSentimentsHeart And SoulBorderline Author:Lady Gaga
“Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.” PeopleFilmActorsSportsRecordsRiskHeroPoliticianPromiseBenefitsHollywoodAthleteDaring Author:Oliver North
“What happens someday if more people own my record than the bible? That will make me god because a lot more people believe in me than him? Because it's just about popularity. There are plenty of people in the world how have never heard of Jesus, while America takes him for granted.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveHappensAmericaJesusRecordsHeardGrantedPlentySomedayBelieve In MePopularity Author:Marilyn Manson
“I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.” PeopleThinkingRecordsPlayerRocksGuitarPopsSoloGuitar Solos Author:Gary Cherone
“I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people I was ahead of my 19 years. It may have been over the heads of some people.” PeopleYearsMayHas BeensShowsWantedRecordsJazzMusic Love Author:Brian McKnight
“About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people and hired business graduates to take over the spots. So the music became not as important. What really became important was the bottom line, how much money you could make.” PeopleImportantLinesCompanyRecordsHugeIndustryMajorsMusic IsBottomSpotsGraduatesBottom LineMusic IndustryRecord Companies Author:Geoff Tate
“I think that my music is really honest and I think I have something to say. The world revolves around so much negativity that I feel we really need something positive right now. I think people need to be encouraged to strive after those things that seem impossible. That is one of the common themes that runs through my record.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsFeelsSeemsRunningCommonRecordsImpossibleHonestRight NowMusic IsStriveThemeNegativityBe Encouraged Author:Amanda Stott
“I always freak out when people ask me about my favorite bands or my five favorite records, I just can never do that because it goes through different waves and sometimes you want to listen to something and at other times you want to listen to something else so I don't know.” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentSometimesAsksRecordsFiveBandMy FavoriteWaveAsk MeFreakFavorite Bands Author:John Bush
“Everything is starting to make a little more sense to me now. I love the idea that, first of all when I made the record I don't look at the music by classifying it. People have a problem classifying me as pop, or rock, or folk, or alt. The beauty for me is that a thirteen year old girl can fall in love with the record and so can her mom. I tend to gravitate towards artists that are timeless and don't sound dated.” PeopleYearsFirstsLooksLittlesMadeIdeasProblemArtistFallGirlSoundRecordsRocksMomFalling In LoveStartingFolksPopsTimelessThirteenThirteen Year OldsClassifying Author:Courtney Jaye
“That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come back with a strong album that would be noticed. If we put the vocals by very talented people and very meaningful songs, then the vocals would be a platform so that I could be noticed again. All of the MCA albums were just loaded with problems -- you know, the right musicians, the engineers. The record company would say 'You have to make music for black radio, you can't do what you have been doing with The Crusaders.' Everybody was telling me that was over, finished, done.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsHas BeensIdeasDoneProblemWould BeWantedSongStrongBlackCompanyRecordsMusicianRadioAlbumsFinishedMeaningfulPlatformsEngineersVocalLoadedRecord CompaniesVery MeanVery MeaningfulMeaningful Song Author:Joe Sample
“I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a group of musicians and make one record or make one gig and just drop it. Each of them develop over time. I have been really fortunate to keep a band like the Sextet together over three very different albums. Each time, the goal got more deep for me in terms of how I wanted to write for those people. So it is really about trying to develop ideas and trying to have a consistent focus on a way to come up with new ideas in music that I want to do.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingTryingHas BeensIdeasDifferentWantedTogetherThreeGoalTermRecordsFocusGroupsBandProjectsMusicianCome UpAlbumsFortunateConsistentNew IdeasGigs Author:Dave Douglas