Jules Shear Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
March 7, 1952

Jules Mark Shear is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit single "All Through the Night" and The Bangles' hit "If She Knew What She Wants", and charted a hit as a performer with "Steady" in 1985.

Also known as Guitarist

I'm going to play as much as they want me to, as long as I can put up with what they book me.

Jules Shear
- Want
- Play
- Put Up
I'm not really getting too involved. My position is, Here's the record. I'm at your disposal.

Jules Shear
- Record
- Involved
- Disposal

You could put this record on and not get jarred half-way through. I wanted it to be all cut from one cloth, and that was the way we took it through the whole production process.

Jules Shear
Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

Jules Shear
- Work
- Days
- Rewriting
Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift.

Jules Shear
- Sound
- Gift
- Imagined
I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

Jules Shear
- Songs
- Rights
- Equal
Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

Jules Shear
- Songs
- Guitar
- Tempo
I made this record without a record label.

Jules Shear
- Made
- Record
- Label

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.

Jules Shear
- People
- Like
- Compare
I had 25 or 30 songs. Sequencing the record, I left that to the producer. I'm not into doing that stuff.

Jules Shear
- Doing
- Record
- Producer