The object is to make a great record and you have to do whatever it takes.
I make records with an open mind, I always have.
Pop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett for their big hits. You know, most of the budget for the record companies in those days went to the classical department - and those were big budget albums.
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 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 think that once an artist has proven herself and you sell lots of records, you should be compensated.
I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm sorry, and I don't care who it is, if it's the Beatles, I can't listen to an hour and a half of anybody straight so I guess that's just my personal preference.
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.
The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to record, I like to do the drums last, if that makes any sense to you.
I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.
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I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.
The enticing allure of Nashville is that there is always something new coming down the pike. Put this record on and you’ll hear footsteps.
Marco Rubio is a talented young man, but record trumps rhetoric.
I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands now that will certainly never be able to pay the rent, because music has been devalued.
The people who came to hear me perform or to buy my records were not the type who would be offended [by the song 'The Vatican Rag']. But I gather that there were other people who were offended.
When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to do a gospel album.
I think my records will always tend to be approachable.
Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.
I don't want to brag, but I have an amazing fanbase. My entire career has just been supported by them. I did just sign a record deal, but the whole thing is really just run by them. It's all based on my relationship with my fans. I call them friends and fans, because I hang out with a lot of them.
At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.
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I always liked records that didn't explain themselves too well - ones that you had to listen a few times.
I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.
