Record Quotes
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Bands don’t have MTV and there seems to be a lot less radio. There are no D.J.s anymore and whatever D.J.s are left are not given a choice. Now they just record their part at home and everything gets fed into a computer. I did an interview recently at a radio station, huge building, but when I got in there it was practically empty.
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We regret that many people have misconstrued our recent advertisement about Mr. Roberts' record.
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It's easy to put on a Deep Purple record and say, 'That sounds great.' But why? Part of it is individual practice, but by playing together, a talent of meshing happens.
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I would like to congratulate Steve. It was an extraordinary flight. I'm not very happy about losing my own record but I can't think of a nicer guy to take it.
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A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record.
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My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
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I'll name check Radiohead on this--they've done a pretty suave marketing plan on this new record. I think generally it's been a pretty cool thing, but what they've done is used those (sales) numbers in a way that they can spin them anyway they want cause you don't know what they are.
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One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record.
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Quite often when I record a song, writing it and making a demo is the big thing and, after that, I think, how do I actually translate this into real life? A lot of the time I think I can't be bothered.
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I'd rather go to the playoffs than not go, even with a losing record. Because once you get there, you never know.
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With our first record, we wrote concept songs but not a concept record.
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Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.
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I originally had the stupid idea of doing a record with only male artists that I wanted to call Playing With Balls. Then I had so many songs, not all of which sounded like big, balls-y songs so I changed my concept a little bit. However, I still want to do that album, but only with industrial, rock, and macho guys. I'll sing over all of it if they're not too scared to let me do that...grrrr.
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I don't know what to say about this book. The experience on which it is founded is so extraordinary, that an honest record of it should be preserved . . . But it would have driven me mad; and I am not sure that the author came out of it without a slight derangement.
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If you don’t make a great record that really touches people, what is the point?
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Leaving Def Jam was kind of a blessing in disguise because we can make whatever record we want.
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I want to personally thank all the participants in this outing for providing a record amount of support to benefit children in need.
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I remember that Martin Hannett once had an idea of making a record and burying it in his garden so that one day someone would dig it up, like a time capsule.
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Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.
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One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.
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As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.
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Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best!
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There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.
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It's the worst feeling, going into your record label when you haven't got a hit. It was like: 'Maybe you've lost it.' And, once you're done, that's it. There's no support, or anyone to help you.
