But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals
I sit with the intention to write a record.
Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me.
Obviously, I want to sell records, but I do it because I find it therapeutic. In music I can be myself.
Its always my goal to raise the bar with each record I put out.
Record company execs eat their young, I swear to God.
I'm a record collector. I'd spend all my pocket money on vinyl.
You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we would know for sure that it was the best way we could do it.
These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.
I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.
I don't get involved in record label politics.
What I do and what I record only work for the moment.
It's a trip to have a Greatest Hits record. It's a trip.
I never sit down to write or say, "Today, I have to record something." I wait to hear it and then I go for it.
My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a lot of guitarists around.
I think basically lables were more interested in a Richard Page record than a Mr. Mister record.
We definitely set out to make a great 'radio' record. We set out to write great hooky choruses-but with verses that said something.
I don't have the best dating track record.
My career is going to be played out year by year. Will I be here in 2004? I don't know. The record won't keep me here. Happiness will.
With the first record (2008’s Ladyhawke) I was quite naive, but very excited and happy.
It's always gonna be different when I make a record just because I kind of touch on every sort of genre.
My next baby will be my new record.
Every person at a record company didn't want to be bothered with me because I was too smart. They knew if I recorded, they were going to have to pay me. They knew I wasn't going to be the artist that would just go in and record. I wanted to know about my royalties.
I know whites buy more records than blacks. So, I wanted to be able to make the most money that I could. Pop is for both whites and blacks, but if I just stuck to rhythm and blues, it's mostly for blacks. I didn't want to do that. So like I said, I wanted to get the most out of it that I could, so I thought that pop was the way to go.
I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.
