Records Quotes

The record is definitely a musical journey. It's kind of all over the place, which I like.

I just write... if it's really good, it's going on the record. If it's average, it's going in the trash.

Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them.

I think that once an artist has proven herself and you sell lots of records, you should be compensated.

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.

I originally wanted to be a singer, but I was average. I made 18 records, but none were that great. I was in a dance band at Bournemouth Pavilion for three years, and I played guitar too.

I thought that I held the record of most appearances on the Bob Hope Show, but I think - It's Brooke Shields

I have over 150 or 200 records recorded. We have so many EP's and LP's. It's just picking the best records to put the best possible album together.

I make records with an open mind, I always have.

My profession is called record production.

The object is to make a great record and you have to do whatever it takes.

Once you get a couple of records in, you kinda vibe out then you see what a full length is.

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.

I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.

I'm aware that a film is different than a play, and that a film isn't going to be the filmed record of the play. It's its own separate entity, and I've come to peace with that.

There are bands, like R.E.M., who want to have 17 records, and some are terrible and some are great. I don't know if people think like that anymore. Things are more atomized now.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.

Everyone uses noise as a crutch sometimes - I've totally done it. But when you make a good-sounding record there's nothing there but you.

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.

My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.

I'd found that what I wrote and put out on records somehow was not fitting into how I perform on stage.

I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from.

The media is going to stick a label on records. And the public is going to pick it up from that. And that's what I was getting sick of-the whole analyzation thing.

Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway.

The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do.

Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.

To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.

A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted.

We're breaking records and we're moving forward. I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was meant to be.

Listening to albums and records is not the best way to percept Verka Serduchka. Live shows are the place where you can feel that specific atmosphere, that is not going to be the same ever.

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

I'm always very conscious because I like to give time between records, even though I feel like I write music that will last it's time, whatever time that is.

We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.

Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.

Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.

People are getting record deals and they can barely sing. We have these new terms for artists that can dance, but they can't sing.

I want to make music that I know that ten years from now, you can put it on and say "This is a great record".

The one thing I always loved about Michael Jackson: he had fun records, but he's also going to make some important statement with the music as well. He's not going to forsake the culture.

I care about life and I have a record of fighting for people above all else.

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.

All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases.