“People who care about records are always giving me a hard time. I mean, I would destroy records in performances, and break them, and whatever I could do to them to create a sound that was something else than just the sound that was in the groove.” PeopleGivingMeanHardCareSoundBreakRecordsPerformancesHard TimesWho CaresGroove Author:Christian Marclay
“Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.” DifferentWould BeNextRecordsPerformancesMediumsCopiesAllowingDocuments Author:Christian Marclay
“It's been a horrifying academic secret for decades that the children who walk away with the highest formal honors, the valedictorians and National Merit Scholars, have a horrendous performance record in later life.” ChildrenWalksSecretRecordsHonorHighestPerformancesDecadesMeritAcademicScholarFormalValedictorians Author:John Taylor Gatto
“No major institution in the US has so poor a record of performance over so long a period as the Federal Reserve, yet so high a public reputation.” LongPoorRecordsPeriodsMajorsPerformancesInstitutionsReputationReservesFederal Reserve Author:Milton Friedman
“Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become kind of a vortex of the business. It's such a seismic shift really.” KindWholeRecordsPerformancesSellingMusic BusinessVortexLive Performance Author:Arthur Fogel
“The main things to rebel against - over-production, too much technology, overthinking. It's a spoiled mentality; everything is too easy. If you want to record a song, you can buy Pro Tools and record four hundred guitar tracks. That leads to overthinking, which kills any spontaneity and the humanity of the performance.” IfsWantSongHumanityEasyTechnologyRecordsToo MuchFourHundredToolsPerformancesGuitarTrackProductionsRebelMentalitySpontaneitySpoiledOverthinking Author:Jack White
“My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.” KindGovernmentFormTermCommonWatchesRecordsSecurityActivityIllusionPerformancesTheaterSpeciesMy FavoriteGenreAcknowledgeAgencyInspectionGovernment Agencies Book:How Music Works Source: How Music Works
“I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few examples of consistently superior performance occur no more frequently than can be expected by chance.” PastChanceRecordsExamplePerformancesInvestingConvincedExpectedSuperiorsManagersFundMutualConsistentlyWorthlessPredictingFuture SuccessMutual FundSuperior Performance Author:Burton Malkiel
“It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the sense of projection over a distance as in an opera house. We have this microphone and this magnifies all details of a performance, all exaggerations. In the theater, you can get away with a very large, very grand phrase. For the microphone, you have to tone it down. It's the same as making a film, your gestures will be seen in close-up, so they cannot be exaggerated as they would be in a theater.” LittlesWould BeFilmHouseRolesRecordsPerformancesTheaterDistanceDetailsPhrasesToneGet AwayMore TimeOperaGesturesProjectionExaggerationExaggeratedMicrophonesOpera House Author:Maria Callas
“I've got a strength and conditioning coach, a weights coach, but I've also got a nutritionist, a physiotherapist and a masseur available to me if I need it. It's quite a good network. I've also got sports scientists who record the technical information, so that, after the race, we can analyse the video and check comparisons between, not only me and the other competitors, but me and my best performance. I couldn't do it without these guys, but I'm the one who gets all the credit.” IfsNeedsGuySportsRaceRecordsInformationPerformancesScientistWeightAvailableCreditCoachesChecksVideoComparisonCompetitorsConditioningBest PerformanceNutritionistStrength And Conditioning Author:Liam Tancock
“Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I'm sarcastic, it's quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.” WritingSeemsUsedRecordsModernHonestSingingPerformancesEarsAskingProductionsVulnerableSubtleSarcasticNeon Author:Ben Folds
“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
“I would want to be known as a great singer; that the records I've made and the performances that I've done to be remembered. But the voice is the most important thing. The showmanship goes along with it. But I want to be remembered for my vocal ability.” WantMadeImportantDoneVoiceAbilityKnownRecordsPerformancesImportant ThingsSingersRememberedVocalShowmanship Author:Tom Jones
“Time and again-from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the events of 9/11 to the onset of the Arab Spring-events have caught the experts, whether in government or on the outside, completely by surprise. Business owners with comparable performance records go bust. Brokers lose their clients. Physicians get sued for malpractice. Yet think-tankers and policy wonks continue to opine, never pausing to reflect on-or apologize for-their spotty records.” ThinkingGovernmentLosesRecordsEventsPolicySpringPerformancesUnionsSurpriseCaughtExpertsOwnersSovietCollapseClientsPhysiciansApologizingSoviet UnionBusiness OwnersBrokersPausingArab SpringMalpractice Author:Andrew Bacevich
“It's easy to identify many investment managers with great recent records. But past results, though important, do not suffice when prospective performance is being judged. How the record has been achieved is crucial.” Has BeensImportantPastEasyResultsRecordsPerformancesInvestmentManagersCrucialJudgedBeing Judged Author:Warren Buffett
“Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person.' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ's.'” PersonsChristRecordsIdentityBuiltPerformancesGood PersonBeing A Good Person Author:Timothy Keller
“Like most portrait photographers, I aim to record the instant the subject is not thinking about being photographed, striving to get beyond the practiced facial performance, reaching for something unplanned. While trying to be as objective as possible, I acknowledge that every gesture is still an act of artifice.” ThinkingTryingStillsRecordsSubjectsPerformancesAimStrivePhotographerObjectivesAcknowledgeInstantReachingGesturesPortraitsArtificeFacial Author:Martin Schoeller