Record Quotes
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Everything is going to focus around the record, which he is diligently working on now. It's no different from any other hip-hop act; we're going to look for the right opportunities.
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Maybe some people, when they sit down to write their great novel or make their great record or paint their great painting, they have it all planned out in their head. But for me, it's never worked that way.
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When you've been playing for 35 years, there aren't too many 'firsts' left. But this is definitely the first time we've ever played a record company's lobby.
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I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they're inclined to encourage that.
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If someone thinks I'm a dickhead, fine, listen to someone else's record, then. We're not a totalitarian regime; no one's forced to listen to Coldplay. It's actually quite a compliment if you're something that people can stand against.
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I didn't have a record player.
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I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The Cars.
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It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do-write songs and sing them to people. Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.
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Superman told me... that we needed to make a double... type of record... and so I answered: 'Okay, Superman. We will make... a double type of record but it won't be a double album because... Batman... didn't want a double album'
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.
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The first record I got, I think I stole. I was with my mother; she turned her back, and I slipped it in my coat. And I think it was 'Cry Baby' by The Bonnie Sisters. That or 'Lucille' by Little Richard.
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I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.
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'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies – they said they didn't get me, which is fine, I suppose.
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I mean, the thought of someone spending $20 to come and see me and saying 'Oh, I prefer the record and she's completely shattered the illusion' really upsets me. It's such a big deal that people come give me their time.
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Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and I get excited talking about making record artwork or working with T-shirt designs. The least exciting part for us is talking about the finances; it's like going to the dentist for us. But we at least try to do it in a creative way and put our stamp on it. I can only think that we create something that's worth the value of that dollar.
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To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that's a shame. It was a bit of a shock at first to see the demise of the record stores.
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My record speaks for itself.
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After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen.
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I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.
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Obviously, when you break a school record it means a lot. She is amazingly talented. She is doing things that typically takes two or three people to do.
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I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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It's hard to have a boom-bap hip hop record that goes No. 1 in the country.
