“I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.” HappensSongGamesNamesRecordsCuttingFiguresFindingsExcuseProducersSongwritersMake It HappenNo ExcusesSchedulingExcuse You Author:Rico Love
“I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order to get something that sounded like a song. The musicians are there and they don't quite have it together, and then the engineer says, "Oh! That's okay, I'll just cut and paste the verse!"” TogetherSongOrderRealizingSituationCuttingCoupleBandMusicianOkayEngineersVerses Author:J. Robbins
“A lot of my songs, they're like puzzle pieces, and there's just one way to put them together. You could, if you needed to, get the scissors out and cut up things to make them work. But I don't want to do that.” IfsWayWantTogetherSongPiecesCuttingNeededOne WayJust OnePuzzlesScissorsPuzzle Piece Author:Ryan Adams
“Songs are pretty easy. They are small, they are modular, they are about as big as a bagel. They are easy to build. Films are overwhelming in their magnitude and scope. By comparison, a lot of film directors wish they were writing songs because you can do it while getting your hair cut.” WritingBigsFilmSongWishEasyCan DoCuttingHairDirectorsComparisonOverwhelmingYou Can Do ItScopeMagnitudeWriting SongsFilm DirectorsBagelsHair Cut Author:Tom Waits
“I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.” IfsWritingYearsLongShowsBeautifulSongRecordsCuttingHeardFitRadioRanEntertainersBest Year Author:Billy Joel
“Gertrude Stein's prose-song is a cold, black suet-pudding.... Cut it at any point, it is the same thing ... all fat, without nerve.” SongBlackCuttingColdFatsProseNervesPuddingGertrude Author:Wyndham Lewis
“Everybody's creative. We create our songs and our paintings, our families and our children. Every one of us is on the cutting edge of the future.” ChildrenSongCreativeCuttingPaintingOur ChildrenEdgesOur FamilyCutting Edge Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.” MenWritingArtSongDiesRecordsCuttingDrinkDrugMaking MoneySyndromesNashvilleHank WilliamsWild Man Author:Waylon Jennings
“The songs that I'm able to write are the songs I'm able to write, whatever they may be. The path I've cut for myself is pop music - love-y pop music. That's what I enjoy doing. And I don't think I'm going to get sick of it anytime soon.” ThinkingWritingMayAbleSongEnjoyPathCuttingSickPopsPop MusicMusic Love Author:Mac DeMarco
“A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You better find a new ending then, because unless you have $2 million for that song.” WholeBigsSongMistakeMillionsCuttingStonesFilmmakerRollingRolling StonesBig Mistake Author:Rob Zombie