“I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.” PeopleCountrySongRecordsFrontsMomDadStandardsDown AndMy MomOld PeopleBack WhenMom And Dad Author:Ricky Skaggs
“There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.” KnowsWayTurnsEasyGoneRecordsStandardsEasy WayPutting Things Off Author:Adam Clymer
“The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.” KnowsWantGivingPlayWholeBreakRecordsStandardsGive MeJazzAverageLabelsFormulas Author:Branford Marsalis
“what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization?” LongFacesChristianityPovertyRecordsCivilizationAchievementStandardsInternational Author:Rose Macaulay
“Many state governments have launched innovative steps such as Ladli Laxmi scheme of Madhya Pradesh, PDS reform scheme of Chattisgarh, computerization of land records in Karnataka, free computers to students passing 10th standard exams, pollution control efforts in Himachal, power sector reforms in Rajasthan and Mumbai - Pune Expressway in Maharashta. These excellent innovative schemes are examples of good governance.” StatesGovernmentEffortStepsRecordsLandExampleStudentsComputerStandardsIndiaPassingPassingsReformExcellentPollutionSchemesGovernanceInnovativeExamState GovernmentMumbaiGood GovernancePollution ControlPune Author:Narendra Modi
“What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.” OpportunitySoundRecordsMissingStandardsAlbumsCraftsSongwritingIrresistibleLoopsGroove Author:Barry Manilow
“I don't record for my own glory.I mean, of course part of it is for career advancement, but more importantly, I want some of that repertoire - as much of it as possible - to remain and enter pianists' consciousness and, hopefully, into the standard repertoire.” WantMeanCoursesMy OwnConsciousnessCareersRecordsGloryStandardsHopefullyAdvancementPianist Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“I can't remember ever being really bored. I find life very interesting, actually. I think some other musicians are always looking for something to give them an idea, but I find I have to reject 90 percent of my ideas because they don't live up to some self-imposed standard. That's also why I don't make a record once a year. I throw so many things out, and I have to have something to say.” ThinkingGivingYearsI CanIdeasSelfRememberInterestingRecordsMusicianStandardsPercentBoredRejectsBeing RealVery Interesting Author:Tom Verlaine
“Before we started writing we did feel pressure because of the success of the first record. One of the first songs that we wrote was "Out Of My Heart" which is the first single. As soon as we wrote that, we knew we just set the standard and every other song had to be as good if not better.” IfsFeelsWritingFirstsHeartSongRecordsMy HeartStandardsPressure Author:Christian Burns