“The corporations have taken over. Even in the recording studio. Actually, the corporate companies have taken over American life most everywhere. Go coast to coast and you will see people wearing the same clothes, thinking the same thoughts, eating the same food. Everything is processed.” PeopleThinkingCompanyTakenEatingClothesStudiosCorporateCorporationsCoastAmerican LifeRecording StudioThinking The Same Author:Bob Dylan
“The creative process is a very collaborative process. I know it might seem that way because so much ink is spilled and the media is obsessed with business and numbers and studios... but filmmakers don't think of it that way. We just go off and we tell our stories. It's the same torture that we adore, it's the same torture that our forefathers endured making movies in the golden era of Hollywood. So, from my perspective it's no different, I'm sure, from the men and women who I admire so much who made the earliest movies.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayMadeDifferentStoriesSeemsMightProcessNumbersCreativeMediaHe ManPerspectiveMen And WomenHollywoodStudiosAdmireGoldenErasObsessedFilmmakerTortureCreative ProcessAdoreInkForefathers Author:Steven Spielberg
“I don't think of myself as a great improver. A lot of times there's long periods of silence when everyone in the recording studio is looking at their watch and waiting for me to say something. And I'm searching desperately in my brain for anything before something dribbles out.” ThinkingLongWaitingBrainSilenceWatchesPeriodsStudiosRecording StudioDribble Author:Jack Black
“One of the good things is the relationship between director and editor used to be more contentious. Studios used to leave directors alone more during the post production process and now they're clamoring to get in. So, the director and the editor end up teaming up sort of against the studio to fight what they're doing and you lose the creative tension that you used to have between an editor and a director.” EndsUsedFightingProcessLosesCreativeDirectorsGood ThingsProductionsStudiosUsed To BePostsTensionEditorsContentiousPost ProductionCreative TensionTeaming Up Author:Michael Sucsy
“I don't take so-called "vacations" often. In fact vacations are more stressful than the lives my wife and I worked hard to set up for ourselves in New York. It seems like being on vacation is like normal living, which is not very satisfying. It means we're figuring out what to make for lunch today, and that seems like such an absurd way to live. The issue of dealing with that doesn't seem to be so prominent back home. It sounds so silly and ridiculous, but it's really the way it is. We love what we do, so I prefer being in the studio; that's really living for me.” WayMeanHardFactsHomeSeemsTodaySoundIssuesWifeNew YorkNormalStudiosMy WifeRidiculousSillyAbsurdLunchSatisfyingVacationStressfulBack HomeWay To LiveProminentReally Living Author:Ryan McGinness
“People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it," they should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he's in the studio. It's a phenomenon. Don't knock it until you've seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don't ridicule it.” PeopleShouldMayWestStudiosRapChecksCupsTeaPhenomenonRidiculeMockCups Of Tea Author:Elton John
“I think Hollywood is more of a state of mind then a place. There are certainly iconic locations in L.A. but as far as the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood and the studio system, that's all but faded away.” ThinkingMindStatesHollywoodStudiosState Of MindLocationGlamourFadedIconicOld HollywoodGlitz Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“You always know when one of the first ["Harry Potter" movies] are on TV, because you'll get a text message from one of your friends saying, "How high was your voice?" It's like watching a home movie, in some sense. But you just remember because the audience sees the scenes as they're written, but we remember shooting [the scenes] and all the stories that came around it. Like the Quidditch World Cup in ["Harry Potter and the] Goblet of Fire," it's like the Glastonbury Festival at Leavesden [Studios].” KnowsWorldFirstsStoriesHomeRememberVoiceAudienceFireWrittenTvsSceneMessagesStudiosCupsShootingHarry PotterFestivalsPottersWorld CupText MessageHarry Potter MovieQuidditchGlastonbury Author:James Phelps
“There's a gratification that comes from performing in front of a live audience, and you can't replicate that with anything else. In the studio, the creation part of this business is fun. But, when you see the fans letting you know that they enjoy what you're doing, that's why I keep doing what I do.” KnowsFunEnjoyAudienceFansFrontsCreationStudiosPerformingGratificationReplicate Author:Trace Adkins
“I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.” IfsMy OwnClassCareersTeachExerciseGainsWeightStudiosCompulsion Author:Richard Simmons
“I used to carry a notebook to the studio. I don't do that no more 'cause I don't have the time to write anywhere but right there in the studio on the spot. So when you hear my stuff, know that I wrote it in the studio.” KnowsWritingUsedCausesStuffStudiosSpotsNotebook Author:Nas
“I don't begrudge anyone else for anything, but to me, I think the fans deserve to have a studio put money behind their product because when the fans put money into a project and it makes any sort of money, it goes back to the studio. I think that's a little shady.” ThinkingLittlesBehindsFansProductsProjectsDeserveStudiosShady Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“I always felt that if you're not trying something different each time out of the gate, you're being safe, and you don't ever want to find that place of safety. I like that, each time, before I even go in front of the cameras, the studio's reaction will be fear.” IfsWantTryingDifferentFeltFrontsSafeCamerasSafetyStudiosReactionsGatesTrying Something Author:Johnny Depp
“I feel like my best work is in front of me. I'm in the studio now, and I'm having an amazing time making this new album. It's something I can't help.” FeelsI CanHelpingFrontsAlbumsStudiosBest Work Author:Lenny Kravitz
“I think that there are a lot of great studio people but the fewer voices in my head when I'm getting out a draft, the better. I just get it out and then I'll listen to all manner of good ideas. And that's what happens, too, when I'm touring and doing a character on stage.” PeopleThinkingIdeasCharacterHappensVoiceStageStudiosGood IdeasFewerTouringVoices In My Head Author:Mike Myers
“It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job.” IfsMatterJobsSceneIndependentStudios Author:Kristen Stewart
“Normal, day-to-day things inspire you to write. I try to travel and chill, and go out and enjoy the outdoors. That makes you see the real world. Not just in the studio or at concerts. I live it up as normal as I can.” WorldWritingTryingI CanRealEnjoyInspireNormalStudiosConcertsReal WorldDay To DayChillLive It Up Author:Prince Royce
“I realized that I really, almost by accident, had fallen into a labyrinthine, very powerful paradigm for dealing with these things through genre films. And once I realized that and realized the power of it, and the fact that because horror films aren't, in general, studio products - studios back them sometimes, but they don't try to meddle too much, because they kind of don't want to sully their skirts - you have a lot of freedom.” WantTryingKindSometimesFactsFilmPowerfulToo MuchProductsHorrorStudiosAccidentsI RealizedGenreFallenParadigmVery PowerfulSkirtsHorror Film Author:Wes Craven
“If you haven't got a gun, you can't shoot anyone. We need to look at how these guns are getting into our communities. It's about replacing the negativity with good stuff. Give kids music studios in the community they can use for free and see how they learn to work together. Football and music unify kids.” IfsNeedsGivingLooksUseKidsTogetherStuffCommunityHavensFootballGunStudiosWorking TogetherNegativityOur Community Author:Ashley Walters
“My most vivid memories of those times weren't the actual nuts and bolts, but just pleasant times sitting with Jack [Kirby] in his studio, going over the pages and looking out the window at my kids playing in his swimming pool .” KidsMemoriesPagesSittingWindowStudiosPleasantSwimmingNutsPoolVividBoltsSwimming PoolKids PlayingNuts And BoltsVivid Memories Author:Mike Royer
“I don't have any expectations about my films. If they're good, they're good - if they're not, they're not. About 10 years ago, I remember going to see one of my movies - I can't even remember which one now - and everyone was jumping up and down, getting excited, saying what a great film it was going to be. We all went in and watched it, and it was the slowest movie I've ever seen. The next day, the reviews were terrible and half the studio was fired.” IfsYearsI CanRememberFilmNextHalfTerribleExpectationsYears AgoStudiosExcitedReviewsNext DayJumpingUp And DownGreat Film Author:Anthony Hopkins
“When you begin to believe you have license because you are a special person breathing special oxygen, that's when you're in big trouble. That's the road to insanity. And a lot of people in the studios are like that. They believe that they are special. I do think actors are blessed, or cursed, with maybe a slightly heightened awareness, which you have to use.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsUseBigsActorsTroubleSpecialAwarenessBlessedStudiosBreathingInsanityOxygenLicenseCursed Author:Anthony Hopkins
“When I enter the studio, I leave my body at the door the way the Moslems leave their shoes when they enter the mosque, and I only allow my spirit to go in there and paint.” WayBodySpiritDoorsPaintShoesStudiosMosques Author:Pablo Picasso
“To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained, but they still need advice about producers and collaborations and single choice. They need an army and a perspective and creative friction, because nobody has all the ideas.” NeedsStillsIdeasSelfArtistChoicesCreativeRecordsSeeingAdvicePerspectiveArmyStrategyStudiosProducersCollaborationThrowingFrictionSelf Contained Author:Tom Corson
“I couldn't sell pills no more [because my] homie went to jail. I was just dirt broke. I went to TDE and was literally living in the studio where you record. I went damn near a whole two years not getting sleep because there was always somebody there recording. I was taking baths with dishwashing liquid.I was one of the dudes [who] would never ask for nothing so I would never ask for soap.” YearsTwoWholeAsksSleepRecordsSellsStudiosBrokeDamnTwo YearsJailDirtPillsBathsSoapLiquid Author:Schoolboy Q
“I'm not one of those who spring up yelling, "Yippee! Another day!" I'll grumble and sulk around a couple of hours, reading newspapers and trying to pick out an idea I might do something with on the show. But I don't really start functioning until noon or later; then about two I go to the studio and the pace begins to quicken.” TryingTwoIdeasShowsMightReadingHoursCoupleSpringPicksStudiosNewspapersPaceNoonYellingAnother DayReading Newspapers Author:Johnny Carson
“The audience has realized how much money the studios make from games now. They're making more money from games than they are from feature films. I mean this is a massive industry. It's still in its infancy. So I really feel lucky to be a part of it.” FeelsMeanStillsFilmGamesAudienceIndustryLuckyStudiosFeaturesMassiveMore MoneyInfancy Author:Kevin Conroy
“I like cottage cheese. That's why I want to try other dwelling cheeses, too. How about studio apartment cheese? Tent cheese? Mobile home cheese? Do not eat mobile home cheese in a tornado.” WantTryingHomeHumorFunnyStudiosApartmentCheeseMobileDwellingTentsCottagesTornadoes Author:Mitch Hedberg
“My whole life at a certain point was studio, hotel, stage, hotel, stage, studio, stage, hotel, studio, stage. I was expressing everything from my past, everything that I had experienced prior to that studio stage time, and it was like you have to go back to the well, in order to give someone something to drink. I felt like a cistern, dried up and like there was nothing more. And it was so beautiful.” GivingWellsWholePastBeautifulCertainOrderFeltStageLike YouDrinkStudiosWhole LifeHotelMy Past Author:Lauryn Hill
“New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at all, and not feel in the slightest guilty about it.” FeelsLittlesCitiesNew YorkStudiosGuiltyNew York CityApartmentLocks Author:Augusten Burroughs
“We all just meet up and someone's house or the studio and we'll just jam and we'll lock into something that sounds cool. I'll go home with tracks of cool parts and work on words. Everyone in the band has a job to do and everyone knows their job and we all do it really well. So, when we're writing, we can just look at one another and say, 'OK, go write this part'. It's not just one person writing or producing everything - everyone's working to product what we have.” KnowsWritingWellsLooksPersonsHomeJobsHouseSoundProductsBandTrackStudiosJust OneLocksJam Author:Mitch Lucker
“I just love making music. I always stay in the studio. Making music is my main focus.” FocusMusic IsStudiosLove Making Author:Juicy J
“I love making music. I never stop. I want to keep it moving forward. I like to go into the studio and make hits. It makes me feel good.” WantFeelsMovingStudiosFeel GoodMoving ForwardLove MakingKeep It Moving Author:Juicy J
“By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.” KindLastsChangedBandStudiosChemistryThrillWaltz Author:Levon Helm
“I've got a lot of songs about having fun and partying, but it's a lot of work. Sometimes, I make 50 songs and pick out the best 10. I've been in the studio all day, all night, making the beat, writing the raps.” WritingSometimesNightSongFunPartyBeatsPicksStudiosRapHaving FunAll Night Author:Juicy J
“One of the main things when you get notes from a studio is they don't want anyone to be confused ever, everything has got to be so obvious at all times unless it's a twist ending.” WantNotesObviousStudiosAll TimeConfusedTwists Author:Rob Zombie
“It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.” IfsIdeasStoriesFollowingStudiosExecutives Author:Kevin Spacey
“I'm not some movie star relying on a studio. I have my own fans and I earned them.” StarsMy OwnFansStudiosMovie Star Author:Tucker Max
“At first, my love was just to be in the studio and make the music and enjoy it when I hear it played back, but then the biggest thing for me was to see the response of the people. When you go out and see the energy in the crowd, it's incredible.” PeopleFirstsEnergyEnjoyResponseIncrediblesCrowdsStudios Author:Curtis Jackson
“Any project that I find encouraging that isn't attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.” I CanInterestProjectsStudios Book:Al Pacino Source: Al Pacino
“I hate normal studios, because you have to say "hi" to the person at the front desk. And then you go into the studio, and there's a second engineer in there that you don't know, and then you're stuck in a glass box with someone talking to you through a walkie-talkie.” KnowsPersonsHateTalkingFrontsNormalI HateGlassesBoxesStudiosStuckNow And ThenEngineersDesksTalkiesFront DeskWalkie Talkies Author:Marilyn Manson
“I'm trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It's like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.” WantTryingIdeasSometimesHandsWaterAliveStudios Author:Tom Waits
“A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come and be apart of their creativity. At that time, they were eager and on the streets selling drugs or in the studio making music. That was a big part of our lives were I grew up.” IfsWantBigsAsksCreativityRecordsOur LivesStreetsGrewDrugGrew UpNotesStudiosSellingRapperSelling Drugs Author:Nicki Minaj
“As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me. My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.” IdeasMatterInspirationSongMy OwnSubjectsPaintingPeriodsStudiosPerformingUsualJuiceSubject MatterPouring Author:Adrian Belew
“I think one important thing that happens in the studio is accepting yourself as the enemy and painting from that point of view. So instead of pointing the finger outward and passing judgment, instead, you start with yourself as your own worst enemy.” ThinkingImportantHappensViewsAcceptingEnemyWorstPaintingJudgmentImportant ThingsFingersStudiosPoint Of ViewPassingPassingsPointingWorst EnemyAccepting YourselfPointing FingersPassing Judgment Author:Lisa Yuskavage
“I remember seeing a photograph of myself en pointe with my hand over my head and the other hand turned in under my breast curtseying. I took dance lessons at Miss Debbie's Dance Studio, and she put this picture of me in the storefront window. I was so unbelievably humiliated by the sight of myself.” HandsRememberSeeingMissingLessonsWindowSightPhotographStudiosBreastsHumiliatedPointe Author:Lisa Yuskavage
“I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.” SoundFrontsComputerBirdRainWindowGuitarFinalsStudiosChickensHanging OutFarmsHittingCricketVocalFilesSound Of Rain Author:Jason Mraz
“The studio is my main compositional tool. And I used to be horrible in the studio. I didn't know any kind of technical stuff. But when you have something in your head, you've gotta figure out a way of executing it.” KnowsWayKindUsedStuffFiguresToolsStudiosHorribleUsed To BeExecuting Author:Mike Patton
“Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.” ChildrenNextTalkingWallSkillsCommunicateStudiosChinaMiceMickeyGreat Wall Author:John Hench
“I never met Publo Picasso. I took pictures at the Festival d'Avignon, but I was too shy to ask to go in his studio. It does not look like me now, but I was very shy, and shy of men also. I think there was a world that frightened me totally.” ThinkingMenWorldLooksDoeAsksMetsStudiosLike MeShyFrightenedFestivals Author:Agnes Varda