“I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.” ThinkingRecordsListeningBandFolksSingersTeenagerStrings Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. ... But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantGivingWellsMeanMadeProblemKidsArtistCompanyRecordsThis WorldPopsMade ItTeenagerExecutivesContractsIdolsRecord CompaniesInexpensiveNoddingMime Author:Steven Morrissey
“An album for me as a teenager in the '70s was a fully formed concept. It was a body of work from an artist I liked or trusted or who excited me. Maybe one of the songs is really poppy and you listen to it on the radio as a hit single and then more of the world is about to find out about this artist by buying the record.” WorldBodyArtistSongRecordsConceptsRadioAlbumsExcitedTeenagerBuyingTrustedPoppies Author:Christopher Bollen
“I want to record Goyescas by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager.” WantHas BeensRecordsMinesTeenagerGreat Love Author:Christian McKay
“I think the two jobs I dreamed of doing as a teenager were comic book artist and record cover illustrator. Maybe film director was in the mix as well, but that seemed to be an impossible mountain to climb.” ThinkingWellsTwoBookJobsFilmArtistRecordsImpossibleDirectorsMountainComicTeenagerClimbsComic BookFilm DirectorsIllustratorsTwo Jobs Author:Dave McKean