“Nashville has always felt perfect. I don't think Third Man Records could exist in any other town that I know of in America. Anything smaller or larger than the size of Nashville, and also the music - the attention that's paid to music in that town is sort of the right kind. It's not too hipster and it's not too fake; it's something in the middle, which is really good ground for a place like Third Man Records, that aims to be genre-less. It's great to be able to have that kind of access.” ThinkingKnowsMenKindAbleAmericaFeltPerfectAttentionRecordsMiddleThirdsPaidTownsAimSizeAccessGenreFakeHipsterNashville Author:Jack White
“History records the large events or the general condition of society, but only an individual can put down the way of life in a small town.” WayIndividualRecordsConditionsEventsTownsSmall Town Author:Gladys Taber
“I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.” LittlesRecordsListeningGrewGrew UpTownsMexicoDianaLittle Towns Author:Salma Hayek
“If one of us, any of us, any American is traveling in a town somewhere in America and a medical crisis hits them, for someone who is diabetic or perhaps has heart disease or some other problems, where do we get the records to determine what to do?” IfsHeartProblemAmericaRecordsDiseaseTownsCrisisDetermineMedicalHeart Disease Author:Timothy Murphy
“My first big break was with the Ted Fio Rito band. Fio Rito had a bunch of record hits in the 1930s and did a lot of radio work back then. When he came to my home town in early 1942, I sat in with the band. Ted liked me and offered me a job.” FirstsHomeBigsJobsBreakRecordsBandTownsRadioBunchSat1930sHome Town Author:Louie Bellson
“Some kid can say, "Hey, I really want you to play my town in Switzerland, or Sweden, or Latvia," and they could have a fun night at the show. On the other hand, all those kids could have a record that means something to them in a more personal way a couple months down the road. The live band is a really important thing for us, but my focus is on the album now.” WayWantMeanImportantPlayShowsHandsKidsNightFunRecordsFocusMonthsCoupleBandTownsImportant ThingsAlbumsHeyDown The RoadSwedenSwitzerlandLatviaFun Night Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time.” PlayAbleLastsCausesRecordsTownsLast TimeMeasure Of SuccessSold Out Author:Bonnie Raitt
“It costs lots of money to make records. It costs lots of money to generate artwork and manufacture and then ship things to people. If it keeps getting stolen, then the band has less ability to come to your town and perform. And that is ultimately what all of us want to do.” PeopleIfsWantAbilityRecordsCostBandTownsShipsLots Of MoneyStolenArtworkOur Town Author:Matt Snell
“In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual killer David Harris lived and I interviewed the town cop. He described these guys as being David Harris' partners in crime and even though they had criminal records and had committed crimes, they sued me! More often than not, the insurance company that protects you against this type of lawsuit will settle it with cash and contest it in a court of law.” LawGuyLinesCompanyCasesRecordsCrimeTypeProtectTownsBlueCourtCommittedCriminalsPartnersShootingSettlingTexasCashKillersCopContestsYou AgainProtect YouLawsuitInsurance CompaniesPartners In Crime Author:Errol Morris
“It just amazed me that so many people came to see my show even to a place that I've never been to. I was independent for a long time and I knew every person who I sold my CD to. But now with a major record contract, you don't get to meet every person who buys your CD. It's a new feeling, and it's very inspiring that they have been waiting for me to come to their town and sing.” PeoplePersonsLongHas BeensShowsFeelingsWaitingRecordsMajorsLong TimeTownsIndependentContractsAmazedCdsVery InspiringNew Feelings Author:Angela Aki
“I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.” BigsWantedFantasyGrowing UpRecordsFireGrowingPlayerFeetReturnMountainPicksHorseTownsProvisionDaydreamingCabinsChildhood DreamsLog CabinsRecord Players Author:Linda McCartney
“So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.” KnowsCountryGirlRecordsTownsCome UpObsessedStationsCompliment Author:Taylor Swift
“Your old home town's so far away, but inside your head there's a record that's playing, a song called 'Hold On” HomeSongRecordsTownsFar AwayHome Town Author:Tom Waits
“All along — not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagining her without listening, without knowing that she made as a poor a window as I did. And so I could not imagine her as a person who could feel fear, who could feel isolated in a roomful of people, who could be shy about her record collection because it was too personal to share. Someone who might have read travel books to escape having to live in the town that so many people escape to. Someone who — because no one thought she was a person — had no one to really talk to.” PeopleFeelsPersonsMadeBookMightLeftPoorKnowingRecordsImagineShareListeningWindowTownsDecadesCollectionsShyIsolatedTravel Books Book:Paper Towns Source: Paper Towns
“It wasn't until a year later, when a young woman with Danish pastries on either side of her head knelt down in front of a walking dustbin to record an important message, that love truly came to town." - p 16 [re: Princess Leia]” YearsImportantYoungSidesRecordsFrontsWalkingMessagesTownsPrincessYoung WomenPastriesDanishLeiaDustbin Author:Simon Pegg
“This story never really had a point. It’s just a lull - a skip in the record. We are addresses in ghost towns. We are old wishes that never came true. We are hand grenades (and every word you say pulls the pin). We are all gods, we are all monsters.” StoriesHandsWishRecordsTownsMonstersGhostAddressesPinsSkipGrenadeLullsGhost TownWords You Say Author:Pete Wentz
“I think that there's a tendency in this town to try to selectively pick snapshots, when the broader reality is that we have a record of results and that we're getting things done for the American people.” PeopleThinkingTryingDoneRealityResultsRecordsPicksTownsTendenciesThings DoneSnapshotsGetting Things Done Author:Scott McClellan