“Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.” TryingDifferentHardHomeKidsCausesPracticeRecordsTelevisionHard Work Author:Master P
“I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.” TryingLittlesStoriesBitsRecordsPencils Author:Kid Koala
“So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.” TryingYearsStillsI CanHappensGoalDealsRecordsLuckyMy FriendsSupposed To BeWhatever HappensGreat Faith Author:Jane Siberry
“We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination.” TryingWellsForceJusticeRecordsCourtSupremeReputationTexasSupreme CourtQualifiedNominationsSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Jay Sekulow
“I have been accused of something I'm not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored. But I've got to try and set the record straight.” TryingHas BeensMatterTodayNamesRecordsProveNegativeNo Matter WhatGuiltyAccusedNot Guilty Author:Jim Lehrer
“If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just break it. The whole ritual to put a record on a turntable just to listen to it, I don't do that too often.” IfsTryingDifferentPlayWholeBreakRecordsFitSpeedRitualBackwardsGrooveTurntables Author:Christian Marclay
“I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing.” WorldTryingKindLittlesCountryBitsRecordsLittle BitPreparedSave The WorldJohnny Appleseed Author:Don McLean
“Part of the difficulty in trying to be both an artist and a businessperson is this: You make a picture because you have seen something beyond price; then you are to turn and assign to your record of it a cash value. If the selling is not necessarily a contradiction of the truth in the picture, it is so close to being a contradiction—and the truth is always in shades of gray-that you are worn down by the threat.” IfsTryingArtistValuesTurnsRecordsTruth IsDifficultyThreatPhotographerSellingContradictionGrayShadeCashWornShades Of Gray Book:Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews Source: Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews
“I like clever songs. I like songs that make people think and I try to have substance in all my records, even with 'Sweet Dreams' how it was a club record and it was up tempo, but it was melodic and it was, like, lyrical.” PeopleThinkingTryingDreamSongRecordsSweetClubsCleverSubstanceTempoLyricalRicoSweet Dreams Author:Rico Love
“I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.” WayTryingRecordsPleaseAestheticMarketplacePixies Author:Black Francis
“We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.” TryingRecordsBandGuidesProducersAbsolutely Nothing Author:Benmont Tench
“September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were too young to care about anything. And then as you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark. That just kind of opened everyone's eyes (which I probably wish it did to more people) that there's obviously something wrong, to try and figure out what it is and what's going on in the world.” PeopleWorldTryingKindEyeCareLastsYoungWishDarkRecordsStupidFiguresExcuseSeptemberSeptember 11 Author:Deryck Whibley
“Home runs just come from accidents by me, ... I just try to hit it solid and sometimes they go out. The record is nice to have but I'm not trying to hit them.” TryingSometimesHomeRunningRecordsNiceAccidentsHome Run Author:Craig Biggio
“At a time of record energy prices, when we are trying to break the very addiction the president talked about in his speech, it does not make any sense to cut funding for energy efficiency programs and research.” TryingDoeEnergyPresidentBreakRecordsCuttingSpeechResearchProgramAddictionEfficiencyFundingEnergy Efficiency Author:Bob Menendez
“I try to take a snapshot of who I am now, who I am becoming, as opposed to who I was when I was first starting to make records. I'm not trying to make boring adult music, but I try to make music more reflective of what matters to me now.” TryingFirstsMatterRecordsBecomingAdultsStartingBoringWho I AmWhat MattersSnapshots Author:El-P
“I'm not trying to change the face of hip-hop music. I'm trying to make my records and always take the next step for me.” TryingFacesNextStepsRecordsHip HopHipsHopsNext StepsTrying To ChangeHip Hop Music Author:El-P
“I think that every record label has its trials and tribulations, its ups and downs. The only thing you can do is hope to recognize what it is that makes you great, and to try and continue to capture it.” ThinkingTryingCan DoRecordsTrialsLabelsCaptureUps & DownsTribulationTrials And TribulationsRecord Labels Author:El-P
“It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn't be as much fun.” IfsTryingIdeasHappensTurnsFunWalksRecordsGood ThingsStudiosWeird Things Author:Dave Grohl
“Sometimes when I look back on myself on those earlier records, there was so much effort going in, so much trying. With this, I was trying to make it much more laid back.” TryingLooksSometimesEffortRecordsLaid Back Author:Kate Bush
“When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already said a lot that I want to say within the production. The vocal is just adding to it, rather than it being a song.” WantTryingSaidSometimesHardSongRecordsProductionsOver ItVocal Author:Sampha
“I remember when A love Supreme was released - I heard it at a friends house. ... Man it was incredible. That record sounded different than the rest. I was trying to gather my spirituality together, trying to get an understanding of life ..... I felt Coltrane was the first musician who made a transition from one side to the other.” MenTryingFirstsMadeDifferentTogetherRememberSpiritualityHouseFeltUnderstandingSidesRecordsHeardMusicianIncrediblesSupremeTransitionRemember WhenColtrane Author:Maurice White