Records Quotes
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As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We're not so precious about it.
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party
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Why don't these companies making big profits just pay people better than $14 an hour? It's kind of simple. When you're making record profits, why not? I don't get it.
Mika Brzezinski
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I have a proven record as an effective legislator, which I believe is my greatest asset.
Sandy Adams
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We make all the decisions on our records... We have complete veto power.
Mike D
The Beastie Boys
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One morning Gordy found out that Columbia Records, previous home of the Motown group the Four Tops, was going to rerelease one of the Tops’ old records. He instructed his top team at the time, Holland-Dozier-Holland, to produce a response, and by early afternoon they’d come up with “It’s the Same Old Song.” The track was recorded later the same day; the record was in stores three days later. It reached number five on the charts and became a classic.
Ben Yagoda
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A record is worth 10,000 live shows.
Zachary Cole Smith
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Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds.
Wallace Pratt
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A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
Boy George
Culture Club
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Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's like you're in that person's brain. It's pretty cool.
Ty Segall
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Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. ... I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.
Melissa Manchester
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I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings
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You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.
Phil Collins
Genesis
