Records Quotes - Page 63

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.

I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre.

I love that vinyl is actually growing in popularity, and that there are so many great record stores.

My record is, far as I know, unimpeachable.

I don’t need the money. I don’t care if I make a dime on this. Let me make a good record.

For me, the movement has to be bigger than just a record. For me, a movement represents like taking over the world.

The melody is French. But that's the end of the record. I named it "Jean Pierre Then There Were None," you know, because of the big explosion. You'll like it. It's a nice album.

As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

With every record, there's something you realize about it after the process is done. And you know that's almost always the case.

I think driving, at least for me, is a good way to listen to music. Sitting in traffic gives you time to listen to an entire record straight through and give it almost [your] full attention.

I want to make big-sounding pop records.

I wanted to make an unashamed pop record. I became obsessed with Disney soundtracks from the '50s, so I decided to make my own.

When you make a great record, it's around forever.

I want to make 20, 30, 50 studio records.

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.

I never made any money off of my records. It gave me the name across the country so that I could do some of the things in my personal appearances.

I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.

If I wanted to make a record to represent myself, I wouldn't put any (covers on it).

Ten years into it, I can finally go, 'Oh, I just want to make a record that's fun to make and I don't have to prove that I deserve to be here.

Public housing projects as well as private landlords are free to deny housing to people with criminal records. In fact, you don't even have to be convicted. You can be denied housing - or your family evicted - just based on an arrest.

I have a very strong, very proven record that I am not a compromiser. [...] I have a spine made out of titanium.

I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.

We've been able to record the music of cultures that did not have recording, and thus preserve it. But there is also a negative aspect to this and that is the effect of the intrusion of the West on such cultures.

I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the best possible work I can before I exit.