Records Quotes - Page 22

• I see someone play, or I listen to a record, and I think, "How did they make that sound?' It's not emulation; it's more building a vocabulary that can be called up at a moment's notice.

  Keith Fullerton Whitman

  Thinking, Vocabulary, Play

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Records can ruin you. That's why it's important to be as intimately familiar as possible with the history of recorded music, I guess. In a way, it's an argument for record collecting.

  Keith Fullerton Whitman

  Important, Way, Ruins

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I realize I have made a lot of mistakes and done things wrong. I've done things I wish I could have done in another way. I didn't come in with the same kind of desperation that I may have had on the first or second record. I didn't come in thinking, 'Oh God, please. I hope this does well because I have nothing else and I worked so hard at this.'

  Michael Buble

  Mistake, Thinking, Wish

  "Patiences pays off for Michael Buble". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. May 26, 2007.

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• You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.

  Colin Meloy

  Rocks, Stuff, Punk

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• That's almost the best part, making the record cover.

  Hutch Harris

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I just went to Europe, spent a year traveling, and then I came home with a finished album and said, "Hey everyone I'm back!" I gave everyone their lighters from Luxembourg, gave them the postcards from Italy and Rome, then said, "Hey look, I made a record, too" and played it for them. The general reaction was shock, because it was so different from what they've known me to do.

  Feist

  Home, Rome, Years

  Interview with Jessica Suarez, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2006.

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• Records don't have to be perfect.

  Joshua Homme

  Perfect

  "Queens of the Stone Age". Interview with David Raposa, pitchfork.com. July 10, 2005.

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• I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

  Joshua Homme

  Writing, Ideas, People

  "Queens of the Stone Age". Interview with David Raposa, pitchfork.com. July 10, 2005.

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• I can still sing most Eagles songs, even though I never bought a record and never liked the band.

  Craig Finn

  Song, Eagles, Band

  "The Hold Steady". Interview with Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. May 16, 2005.

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• I wanted to make an album that I wanted to put on myself and could listen to again and again. In the past I've done these records that are very in-depth. I love them and I'm very proud of them but I've always found it hard to listen to them again and again...they're very demanding.

  Jamie Lidell

  Past, Depth, Albums

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm really excited about the remixes. I've always been a fan of electronic music and I'm thinking about that very seriously for the next record as well.

  Matt Tong

  Thinking, Fans, Next

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

  Tommy Ramone

  Rocks, People, Trophies

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play in a band and make records anymore.

  Tim Rutili

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• How many records you sell really does not matter. It's whatever you give.

  Patrick Wolf

  Giving, Doe, Matter

  Interview with William Bowers, pitchfork.com. February 27, 2005.

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• I finally realized that so much of the music world is about how much money you've got, how much you can pay to make your record successful.

  Patrick Wolf

  Successful, World, Pay

  Interview with William Bowers, pitchfork.com. February 27, 2005.

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• It was a chance meeting with a lady at Mariah Carey's record company who was here in our office, actually. And I pulled her in here to this very office that we're sitting in now, and I played her the clip of me and George Michael singing. And I was like, it's joyful. And that's what people want.

  James Corden

  Office, People, Singing

  "James Corden Conquers YouTube With 'Carpool Karaoke'". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 8, 2016.

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• When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.

  Jonathan Meiburg

  Letting Go, Certain

  "Shearwater". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. April 24, 2007.

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• When I was writing some of songs for the record in Galapagos it was the feeling of being there I wanted to evoke more than anything. I remember hearing all the parts of the songs in my mind when I was walking around over the lava fields.

  Jonathan Meiburg

  Song, Writing, Feelings

  "Shearwater". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. April 24, 2007.

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• In the process of making the record, I was just so bored all the time working whatever stupid job. I felt like a stagnant pond that has algae and mildew and weird animal cells, and I felt like if I sat around not doing anything long enough, that I'd probably end up going a little bit crazy.

  Josh Jones

  Jobs, Crazy, Stupid

  "Evangelicals". Interview with Stuart Berman, pitchfork.com. August 28, 2006.

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• When you start you're trying to achieve staying alive and getting home. If you can do both of those, then you stand a chance of breaking the record.

  Ellen MacArthur

  Home, Trying, Alive

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I always listen to records that I've been a part of with a grain of salt.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Grain Of Salt, Salt, Grain

  "Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

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• For the most part I stand by all of records. I just always like the one I've done most recently the best and I think that's the whole point.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Thinking, Done, Whole

  "Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

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• When you listen to most of the records that really had an impact on you, they always seem to be from a different era.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Impact, Different, Eras

  "Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

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• I think there's a curiosity that can make you feel anxious as to what the world's going to make of what you're doing. It's not necessarily what you're going to get back in terms of record reviews or how people talk about your record, it's getting on the road and playing the new songs live.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Song, Thinking, People

  "Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

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• I still have a lot of faith that there's very few people who are savvy enough to actually produce a good sounding copy of the record.

  Jeff Tweedy

  People, Enough, Produce

  "Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

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