“I want to be in cahoots with bands who want to make the record of their dreams.” WantDreamRecordsBand Author:Steve Albini
“If you want or need to move, move with a winning record of success, move with a plan, and move to something you love.” IfsWantNeedsMovingWinningRecordsPlansSomething You Love Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.” IfsWantTryingCompanyRecordsPiecesPlansBattleBrandsManagersHuntingRecord Companies Author:Lars Ulrich
“I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of times, you bring in outside guys, studio players, whatever, and they're great musicians. It's just that they don't necessarily play the way I want it to be played.” WayWantPlayTogetherGuyLanguageSoundRecordsPlayerMusicianStudiosWorking TogetherGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Jason Aldean
“As a new president takes office and elevates global warming alarmism to official federal policy, much of America is experiencing record low temperatures. While the deep freeze amounts to little more than irony, Americans should nevertheless take what could well be a last opportunity to reconsider the cliff off which Barack Obama, Al Gore and the rest of the global warming industry want us to jump.” WantShouldWellsLittlesLastsAmericaOpportunityPresidentRecordsPolicyIndustryAmountOfficeLowsBarackIronyOfficialsGlobal WarmingAlsNeverthelessWant UCliffsTemperatureGoreFreeze Author:Steven Milloy
“I just don't see anything available that gives any reasonable hope of delivering such a good year and I have no desire to grope around, hoping to 'get lucky' with other people's money. I am not attuned to this market environment, and I don't want to spoil a decent record by trying to play a game I don't understand just so I can go out a hero.” PeopleWantGivingTryingYearsI CanPlayDesireGamesRecordsEnvironmentHeroLuckyAvailableDecentReasonableSpoilDeliveringGood Years Author:Warren Buffett
“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
“You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write to tell the truth.” WantWritingFirstsSongSoundRecordsTelling The Truth Author:Jon Foreman
“I know a lot of artists say, `If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like to kick them in the face.” IfsKnowsWantFacesArtistSongRecordsKicksCents Author:Kelly Clarkson
“I don't think that I have much power at all, and I don't think that I'm trying to do anything outside of making my fans happy with the music that I write and record and, of course, I want to branch out and I want to have more fans, so I try to get interviews and I try to talk to different outlets and I try to get my music everywhere it can be.” ThinkingWantWritingTryingDifferentCoursesRecordsFansInterviewsBranchesOutlets Author:Steve Grand
“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
“I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.” ThinkingWantDoneJobsCoursesMillionsRecordsSellsFantastic Author:Rufus Wainwright
“The first time I ever saw Lydia Lunch perform it was a religious experience. Not only is she intelligent and beautiful but she actually understands how "my" brain works. This almost rivals my first concert- Cindy Lauper when I was 12. She was so fascinating to me at the time. She made me want to dye my hair pink and start a band. (SO I naturally did)... All Cure records have had a great effect on me musically also.” WantFirstsMadeBeautifulReligiousBrainRecordsSawsEffectsHairBandFirst TimeIntelligentCuresFascinatingConcertsLunchRivalsReligious ExperienceCindy Author:Jessicka
“Whereas I want everything to be peaceful during a birth, I take the total opposite approach when I'm helping someone come to terms with leaving this place - I play Richard Pryor records.” WantPlayHelpingTermRecordsBirthApproachOppositesLeavingPeacefulHelping Someone Author:Erykah Badu
“A development deal is an in-between record deal. It's like, a guy saying that he wants to date you but not be your boyfriend. You know, they don't wanna sign you to an actual record deal or put an album out on you. They wanna watch your progress for a year.” KnowsWantYearsGuyDealsWatchesRecordsProgressDevelopmentAlbumsYour Boyfriend Author:Taylor Swift
“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
“Still being ambitious to want to play on the record, I was a mediocre keyboard player. And uh, I seized the opportunity and played the organ.” WantStillsPlayOpportunityRecordsPlayerAmbitiousOrgansMediocreKeyboardsKeyboard Players Author:Al Kooper
“I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.” WantTogetherCompanyRecordsReadyBandMajorsWorking TogetherInvitesRecord Companies Author:Tommy Bolin
“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
“Wouldn't it be interesting to take Elvis back to his Sun Records period? I don't know. But I'm content to listen to his Sun Records. I don't want to dig him up out of the grave.” KnowsWantInterestingSunRecordsPeriodsGraves Author:John Lennon
“Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist.” WantArtMightArtistRecordsProductsArt IsBeing An Artist Author:Patrick Stump
“When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority.” ThinkingWantTryingCompanyRecordsSellsAlbumsExcitedPrioritiesChecksProducersWant MeRecord Companies Author:Johnny Mathis
“It's different now but I enjoy it more than I did then. I think I appreciate it more now and I love playing acoustically. This is the way I started. Herb and I met each other forty years ago when we were both eighteen years old, playing bluegrass, and that's what drew me into music, and I enjoyed every particular part of my career. But now I enjoy it because it's the twilight of my career, where I can play what I want and I can play when I want and where I want. And that's the greatest part it all. So it's sort of a right that I've earned. I can record records the way I want to.” ThinkingWayWantYearsI CanDifferentPlayEnjoyCareersRecordsParticularMetsYears AgoAppreciateEnjoyedFortyTwilightHerbsEighteenBluegrassEighteen Years Old Author:Chris Hillman
“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
“Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we had some substance and were not a one hit wonder. They got 100% behind us.” WayWantCertainBehindsCompanyWonderRecordsSawsLabelsSubstancePackagesRecord CompaniesRecord Labels Author:Christian Burns
“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