Quotes about Recording

Recording music is not really the healthiest thing for the body. Votes: 3

Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument. Votes: 3

The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful. Votes: 3

Recording wasn't as important to me as actually being to get on stage and act the fool. Votes: 3

Recording is best used as a pretty good reason to hang with the family of friends globally scattered, Votes: 3

Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. Votes: 3

Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it's recorded, outsourcing memory to technology. Votes: 3

Recording is a lengthy process, but onstage it's completely different; tape is not running - life is running, and cannot be rewound. Votes: 3

I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know. Votes: 3

Recording interviews is like magic. a) It stops you from taking notes in the middle and b) you can play that recording for people. Votes: 3

I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in. Votes: 3

I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in Votes: 3

Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio. Votes: 3

Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me. Votes: 3

I never think anything's finished. It's really not. Recording is only just a moment in time. It's as good as you can do it until then. Votes: 3

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods. Votes: 3

Live performances make music important. Recording is cool and fun, and it's nice to document the thing you made, but the goal in my mind is to perform. Votes: 3

Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento. Votes: 3

Recording happiness made it last longer, we felt, and recording sorrow dramatized it and took away its bitterness; and often we settled some problem which beset us even while we wrote about it. Votes: 3

Actually, I very much dislike routine. Creating music is my chaos therapy. The writing process puts me in a good place. Recording the music is the release of however I felt in the song. Votes: 3

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it. Votes: 3

There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp. Votes: 3

I was going through a break up. I was depressed... I really did need to do something. Recording an album was a great escape. I don't know what would have happened if I wouldn't have started to work. Votes: 3

I've never been ambitious about recording. Votes: 1

I see no reason for recording the obvious. Votes: 1

I used to have a radio show. That's how I started foolin' around with recording. Votes: 1

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be. Votes: 1

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it. Votes: 1

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant. Votes: 1

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say. Votes: 1

My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing. Votes: 1

In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, you are young. Votes: 1

The magic can happen in a studio. Special things can happen in a recording studio, even though it may seem like a clinical environment from the outside looking in. Votes: 1

Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me. Votes: 1

The 'Aladdin' thing - that's not work; that's just fun. Three days in the recording studio going mad, then the animators do all the work. Not a bad way to cash a large check, my friend. Votes: 1

If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound. Votes: 1

The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out. Votes: 1

Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you, sometimes surreptitiously, is creepy. They come up and just start talking to you, and you can see the red light on their phone. Votes: 1

I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day. Votes: 1

You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own. Votes: 1

Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect. Votes: 1

Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago. Votes: 1

I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there. Votes: 1

A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know? Votes: 1

Sometimes when you have multimedia, people use it too much. It has to be a tool and not the end product, if you can use it as a tool. The same thing apples when you are recording. We had this problem in the 80's, we got so computerized there was no heart and soul in the music anymore. Votes: 1

I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling guilty about it. One of my favorite albums to this day is the 10th anniversary ensemble cast of 'Les Miserables,' the ultimate cast recording, and it is still something I love listening to top to bottom. Votes: 1

In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who knew how to use it, not the kids from music school. Music students were all stuck in the notion of music as performance, ephemeral. Whereas for art students, music as painting? They knew how to do that. Votes: 1

Sour Patch, Swedish Fish. I love candy, man. I can't go without candy. And when I'm recording, I always have a TV on with cartoons - on mute, though. When I'm recording, I like to look at the TV now and then and see some crazy, wacky stuff. When you're thinking creative, it just keeps you creative. Everybody got their way of making music. Votes: 1

I love recording music. Votes: 0

I've never been ambitious about recording Votes: 0

I love my music and recording people. Votes: 0

When we're recording, I always dress up. Votes: 0

Every junkie, he thought, is a recording. Votes: 0

I'm a little bit scared of re-recording. Votes: 0

The idea that recording itself is an instrument. Votes: 0

The music publishing I own is fabulous recording. Votes: 0

If your life's worth living, it's worth recording. Votes: 0

I have been recording for five decades now. Votes: 0

I'm still amazed by the process of recording. Votes: 0

No, I don't like recording. It's a bore. Votes: 0

A life worth living is a life worth recording. Votes: 0

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Votes: 0

If life is worth living then it's worth recording. Votes: 0

I'm a multi-platinum recording artist; my passion is food. Votes: 0

I became fascinated with recording in an open room. Votes: 0

The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging. Votes: 0

Little things can make such a big difference during recording. Votes: 0

I just stroll in right before the recording goes on. Votes: 0

I get very deep into the writing and recording process. Votes: 0

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs. Votes: 0

I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second. Votes: 0

I did my first recording. It was called The Champ. Votes: 0

A lot of that worked itself out in the recording. Votes: 0

Photography is the recording of strangeness and beauty with beguiling precision. Votes: 0

Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR. Votes: 0

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments. Votes: 0

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording. Votes: 0

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording. Votes: 0

Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. Votes: 0

Well, I'm a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes. Votes: 0

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes. Votes: 0

Hell, Justin and I even talking about recording a blues song sometime. Votes: 0

I also have a recording studio that I use to produce bands. Votes: 0

The highlight of my career? That's easy, Elvis recording one of my songs. Votes: 0

Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago. Votes: 0

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Votes: 0

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig. Votes: 0

I suspect Obama did not know he was recording Angela Merkel's cell phones. Votes: 0

Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. Votes: 0

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville. Votes: 0

I really know so little about recording, and I'm learning as I go. Votes: 0

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long. Votes: 0

I couldn't imagine recording a track and not being able to perform it. Votes: 0

I think it was a natural step to start recording my own music. Votes: 0

When I'm acting I don't sing, and when I'm recording I'm not acting. Votes: 0

I love recording lines. It's like being an actor without having to really act. Votes: 0

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field Votes: 0

I'm thinking about recording everything to tape like it's 1991 and seeing how that sounds. Votes: 0

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session. Votes: 0

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field. Votes: 0

Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events. Votes: 0

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson. Votes: 0

The poet will not be satisfied with recording, the poet will have to transform. Votes: 0

I've got the recording process down, and I can knock it out very quickly. Votes: 0

When you're recording a TV show, you really feel like you're in a bubble. Votes: 0

I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back. Votes: 0

I'm hoping to become a recording artist and make albums and go on tour. Votes: 0

Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract. Votes: 0

I'm nocturnal when it comes to recording - I'm just more creative at night. Votes: 0

I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop. Votes: 0

All I ever wanted was to make scrilla / Have a recording session with J Dilla. Votes: 0

I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now. Votes: 0

It's almost like, it's often the bad recording quality of things which makes them interesting. Votes: 0

No compression or as little as possible - that's how you get a good recording. Votes: 0

I've been recording myself since grade 10. Back then, it was just really crappy rock stuff. Votes: 0

I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording. Votes: 0

People have always been recording what's going on around them in one form or another. Votes: 0

... some of the things floating about in the Well of Memory are not worth recording. Votes: 0

Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them. Votes: 0

I enjoyed recording at home. I had the luxury of being able to re-record things. Votes: 0

I have always felt a little held back by working with other people in recording. Votes: 0

Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail. Votes: 0

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios. Votes: 0

I think recording at home feels more organic, and injects some more personality into the music. Votes: 0

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces. Votes: 0

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition. Votes: 0

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck. Votes: 0

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck. Votes: 0

Perception is less of a recording system and more of a protection system against external stimuli. Votes: 0

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can. Votes: 0

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. Votes: 0

Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album. Votes: 0

I'm recording another demo for another batch of record labels that we'll shop it around to. Votes: 0

When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess. Votes: 0

Teach where data can be found or how it can be derived, not the recording of data. Votes: 0

I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers. Votes: 0

I'm recording an album. It's sort of techno mixed with garbage - you, know, intense in-your-face music. Votes: 0

I'm recording an album. It's sort of techno mixed with garbage - you, know, intense in-your-face music. Votes: 0

You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right. Votes: 0

By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. Votes: 0

For my second record I had gotten ProTools and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. Votes: 0

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions. Votes: 0

I've learned that I work best when I'm entirely naked. The recording process was done that way. Votes: 0

Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade. Votes: 0

Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance. Votes: 0

Just because I'm a recording artist doesn't mean I'm not an artist. Because I had to grow. Votes: 0

I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together. Votes: 0

I'm surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time. Votes: 0

I am recording my first CD in Spanish and preparing myself for the next stage of my career. Votes: 0

I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing. Votes: 0

Wherever I am on location, I can usually, even in the weirdest little places, find a recording studio. Votes: 0

The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself Votes: 0

Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important. Votes: 0

For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. Votes: 0

I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things. Votes: 0

What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much. Votes: 0

I didn't really think about the sound of my songs before I started recording things in the studio. Votes: 0

I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's. Votes: 0

I started recording the album four years ago. It was very different then - totally rock and roll. Votes: 0

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them. Votes: 0

It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio. Votes: 0

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead. Votes: 0

I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage. Votes: 0

The late '70's and early '80s is the zenith of a certain craftsmanship in sound recording. Votes: 0

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra. Votes: 0

An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer. Votes: 0

It's a different feeling; I like touring and playing on the road better, but recording has its good spots. Votes: 0

Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful. Votes: 0

in writing we live life twice: once in the experience, and again in recording and reflecting upon our experience. Votes: 0

A circumstance that I was dealing with when recording my second album was I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Votes: 0

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. Votes: 0

You're either recording a hit song or you're not; you've either got something that's worth recording or you haven't. Votes: 0

I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam. Votes: 0

When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey. Votes: 0

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard. Votes: 0

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. Votes: 0

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song. Votes: 0

I did my thing with Jive. I was a national recording artist, but I had run into a wall. Votes: 0

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording. Votes: 0

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience. Votes: 0

I'm a musician - I'm always making music. Kobe Bryant is always playing ball. Well, Snoop Dogg is always recording. Votes: 0

I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great. Votes: 0

I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way. Votes: 0

Cause I enjoy both, I enjoy recording and playing live, but yeah, the rush of playing live is really something. Votes: 0

I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own. Votes: 0

I'll probably have to open a recording studio at some point because I won't be able to pay the bills. Votes: 0

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music. Votes: 0

I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office. Votes: 0

We have so much access to video and audio recording equipment that it's kind of the new pen and paper. Votes: 0

I like photography as a recording device. It's the best possible two-dimensional representation of 3D living things that we have. Votes: 0

I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer. Votes: 0

We were all kind of freaked out recording the first album because we didn't know what it would be like. Votes: 0

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance. Votes: 0

I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life. Votes: 0

I'm a collector, a tinkerer, and a tweaker, like a lot of people, and recording equipment is really easy to fetishize. Votes: 0

Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public. Votes: 0

I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm just still writing songs and what not. Votes: 0

TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product. Votes: 0

The media and the rest of popular culture weren't recording people's reactions to 9/11; they were forcing made-up reactions down people's throats. Votes: 0

They were recorded without processed cheese. Listen to old '50s records. The style may be dated, but the recording isn't. Votes: 0

Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise. Votes: 0

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists. Votes: 0

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking. Votes: 0

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon. Votes: 0

[Answering the phone] Hello, this is a recording, you've dialed the right number, now hang up and don't do it again. Votes: 0

I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool. Votes: 0

The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world. Votes: 0

I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad. Votes: 0

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one! Votes: 0

It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor Im a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth. Votes: 0

It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor I'm a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth. Votes: 0

When I'm recording a song, I wake up and I'm thinking about it. I go to sleep and I'm thinking about it. Votes: 0

Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process. Votes: 0

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal. Votes: 0

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush. Votes: 0

I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start. Votes: 0

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project. Votes: 0

My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker... I've gotten into some curious situations... Votes: 0

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording. Votes: 0

For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques. Votes: 0

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact. Votes: 0

It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story. Votes: 0

Poetry's work is not simply the recording of inner or outer perception; it makes by words and music new possibilities of perceiving Votes: 0

The sound is very much always in my head, I have to get the sound out of my head onto the recording. Votes: 0

Life is the greatest experiment. Each of us is an experiment of one-observer and subject-making choices, living with them, recording the effects. Votes: 0

No matter what you do for a living you should get paid for your work, whether you're washing dishes or recording songs. Votes: 0

Young people live in a society in which every institution becomes an "inspection regime" - recording, watching, gathering information and storing data. Votes: 0

Simultaneous recording with superimposed ionization chambers and Wilson chambers, ionization chambers and sets of counting tubes, has not yet been carried out. Votes: 0

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. Votes: 0

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting. Votes: 0

I'm a huge fan of home recording. I think it levels the playing field. You don't need $100,000 to record a studio CD. Votes: 0

I have to admit that I was a little nervous when I showed up for my first official 'Wreck-It Ralph' recording session. Votes: 0

I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall, and when we leave the landlord will come and paint over it all. Votes: 0

I started to write book reviews as a means of recording my thoughts about what I'd read before all memory of them vanished. Votes: 0

When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the performance. Votes: 0

We wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as a duet Votes: 0

Photographs are the results of a diminution of solar energy, and the camera is an entropic machine for recording gradual loss of light. Votes: 0

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out. Votes: 0

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is. Votes: 0

My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more. Votes: 0

There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books Votes: 0

I try not to listen to a lot of music when I'm starting the recording process, because it can be so subtly influential. Votes: 0

I think that it's much easier for a recording artist to become an actor than for an actor to become a recording artist. Votes: 0

I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time. Votes: 0

I've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often disappear. Votes: 0

I'm not just a singer of funny songs; I am basically, first and foremost, a musician. I'm always recording all styles of music. Votes: 0

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it. Votes: 0

A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case. Votes: 0

I don't like tracking and over dubbing and all that. I love live recording where everybody is playing. I, I'm convinced it's better. Votes: 0

The actual Irish weather report is really a recording made in 1922, which no one has had occasion to change. "Scattered showers, periods of sunshine." Votes: 0

In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side. Votes: 0

Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great! Votes: 0

That change happened about 1991. It was not possible to transfer the Expanded Instrument System to the computer until then, when 16-bit recording became available. Votes: 0

... the blinding Hiroshima flash... literally photographed the shadow cast by beings and things, so that every surface immediately became war's recording surface, its film. Votes: 0

There's no better feeling, even if I've won a race, than recording a personal best. It's setting yourself personal goals, but also realistic goals. Votes: 0

In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall. Votes: 0

Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows. Votes: 0

To me, there are 3 parts of the album process: writing, recording, and my favorite part: getting to sing the songs with the fans every night. Votes: 0

And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that. Votes: 0

I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine. Votes: 0

I'm a studio guy. That's really what I love the most. I'm so fascinated with audio gear and recording techniques and whatnot, it's pretty mesmerizing. Votes: 0

I made a deal with myself that whenever I smoke weed, I have to be doing something productive: writing, recording, cutting a podcast, editing, etc. Votes: 0

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is. Votes: 0

Last time I was recording, I was trying to loop on the computer, but it's really difficult because it's really different from looping on hardware. Votes: 0

Everything I'm doing musically is for its own sake. I'm recording at my house, trying really hard to write songs with a four-track tape recorder. Votes: 0

Miramar, my recording company, has decided to offer a compilation of my music for snowboarding, which will have the same cover as the book does. Votes: 0

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff? Votes: 0

Let no one imagine that in owning a recording he has the music. The very practice of music is a celebration that we own nothing. Votes: 0

I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late 70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording. Votes: 0

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were... Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff? Votes: 0

I decided to create a really good laptop recording situation and to learn how to write that way, rather than have the perfect stuff around. Votes: 0

I'm not really thinking about what I'm talking about or what I'm willing to achieve. I'm just kind of letting it come out, recording it. Votes: 0

When I'm recording something (especially because I produce my own music) I might consider how hard it would be to replicate a song on stage. Votes: 0

I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and reduced. Votes: 0

As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't, I get rusty. Votes: 0

I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously. Votes: 0

But the approach to recording this album was kind of an organized, chaotic approach where I wanted to maintain and preserve that wild abandon to creating. Votes: 0

I got an answering machine for my phone. . . . Now, when I'm not home and somebody calls me up . . . they hear a recording of a busy signal. Votes: 0

I sing all the time but I'd never gotten what it felt like to be in the recording studio, so it was definitely a learning process. Votes: 0

Bands will always need studios. The more people there are recording at home, the more people there will be who are going to need a studio. Votes: 0

I always feel like there's something magic in recording studios. There's a reason good music continues to be made in them. It's just some mojo element. Votes: 0

I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra. Votes: 0

After that initial success, every chance we got we'd hire that remote recording truck and just record stuff at the Whisky because it was so inexpensive. Votes: 0

Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting. Votes: 0

The most important lesson I received from Conceptual art consisted in the recording of simple and obvious things, and viewing them under a whole new light. Votes: 0

I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be made. Votes: 0

Mackie is an electronics recording company backing me, and they're willing to invest giving equipment to schools that I choose, and they've already started doing that. Votes: 0

I've always been against recreating or re-recording samples, but I managed to re-record one or two that were just too expensive and it was just ridiculous. Votes: 0

I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording. Votes: 0

Even an ugly, abject photograph bears the recording of its making... my goal [is] to create dense objects, works in which many lines of thought converge. Votes: 0

Sheet music, recording, radio, television, cassettes, CD burners, and file sharing have all invalidated, to some extent, the old model of making a living making music. Votes: 0

One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam Phillips recording studio. Votes: 0

After the first couple of years recording, I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad. Votes: 0

When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought of the music as old. Votes: 0

If you had a sign above every studio door saying ‘This Studio is a Musical Instrument’ it would make such a different approach to recording. Votes: 0

After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad. Votes: 0

When I had my daughter, Louisanna, two and a half years ago, I started recording every funny or sweet thing she said or did on my phone. Votes: 0

When I first heard Wallace Stevens' voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series. Votes: 0

Before recording my 'Homeland' audition on my iPhone in my bedroom in Streatham, I hadn't worked or had an audition in the U.K. for nine months. Votes: 0

I kept talking to my producers at Columbia about recording one of those [prison] shows. So we went into Folsom on February 11, 1968, and recorded a show live. Votes: 0

I always used to sing in the shower, but I never really got into the music until a friend of mine helped me a lot with recording. Votes: 0

Instead of just recording reality, photographs have become the norm for the way things appear to us, thereby changing the very idea of reality and of realism. Votes: 0

Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises. Votes: 0

I love the finished product, but I find working in the studio a chore - I use an old-fashioned setup, so the recording process can be frustrating. Votes: 0

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory. Votes: 0

I have to look over my shoulder all the time, be really vigilant because at any moment, someone could be filming me or recording what I'm saying. Votes: 0

When I first heard Wallace Stevens voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series. Votes: 0

During recording I was into yoga hard and I was very sober and clear minded. But when I went to mix I took a break from that. Votes: 0

I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional. Votes: 0

I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that. Votes: 0

The very nature of limiting something from an infinite to moments in time creates distortion; analog recording methods create all kinds of distortion, they're just not digital distortion. Votes: 0

At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience. Votes: 0

Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every conceivable recording need. Votes: 0

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW. Votes: 0

You could make some great sounds with technology. That's what recording is all about. What happens in the studio is very magical, and should be, in my opinion. Votes: 0

Dropping the news to my parents that I was skipping my 'dream education' at Chalmers to sit at home recording videos while playing video games was not easy. Votes: 0

Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold? Votes: 0

I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now. Votes: 0

I feel as though I can get an end result that works for me, but as far as recording techniques, I don't feel that confident in my abilities. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat. Votes: 0

I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want. Votes: 0

We were telling everybody we weren't getting back together when we were in the studio actually recording. We wanted to try it on, to see how it would fit. Votes: 0

Well, it's funny because, "The Green Leaves of Summer" and "The Alamo" theme are the same thing. There's just - the Brothers Four was a different recording of it. Votes: 0

I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try. Votes: 0

I'm lookin' forward to doin' a lot of big things. I've been doin' a lot of big things: a lot of traveling, a lot of recording - I'm excited. Votes: 0

In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future. Votes: 0

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was an arranger and a producer. Votes: 0

I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in proper perspective, and then the proper priority. Votes: 0

Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice. Votes: 0

When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you. Votes: 0

I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and all sorts of different sources. Votes: 0

The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh. Votes: 0

I always think of childhood as the inarticulate moment, and you have your little camera. You were filming it, recording it, you just didn't know how to speak it. Votes: 0

Jordan Ruddes does [have a home studio], but it's all self-contained. I'll be the only guy with a fully built recording studio. So they'll have to come to me. Votes: 0

We're all players and musicians and we sure all get along good. We just clicked right off the bat. We started playing and then we almost immediately started recording. Votes: 0

I always love it best when you have a project where there is this commingling of the subject matter and the way in which you're recording that subject matter. Votes: 0

When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it. Votes: 0

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great. Votes: 0

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance. Votes: 0

It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus. Votes: 0

The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have. Votes: 0

I want to learn - there's so much I have to learn about what it takes to be a recording artist, about what it takes to go on tour. Votes: 0

If you take a little time, let's say three weeks off, after recording a song, and you listen to it every other day, you're just going to know eventually. Votes: 0

I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance. Votes: 0

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation. Votes: 0

Im always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, Im always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. Its like my job is my vacation. Votes: 0

I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums. Votes: 0

At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity. Votes: 0

I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio. Votes: 0

Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement studio to help me with my creative projects. Votes: 0

Utilizing a unique acoustic blend never heard previously, the Aaron O’Rourke Trio has made a fine debut recording that is sure to please old and new grass fans alike. Votes: 0

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. Votes: 0

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones. Votes: 0

I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I was a recording artist for a couple days. Votes: 0

It's not exactly an interview that's going on [in documentary]. I guess we do ask Edward Snowden some questions and we're recording him answering them and so on like that. Votes: 0

In my opinion, there's this new phenomenon where guys used to talk about cars a lot in the past. But, more and more it's becoming them talking about recording studios. Votes: 0

I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there. Votes: 0

Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well. Votes: 0

Posttraumatic stress is something that's always existed. I think that the earliest recording was during the Trojan War, but it's only recently that we're beginning to be aware of it. Votes: 0

When I am not recording, I do live shows or am at home catching up on shows which I regularly watch. But there will always be some music around me. Votes: 0

I think it's great that people now have access to Pro Tools and other recording software at home. I've never understood how anyone could be comfortable in a recording studio Votes: 0

Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something. Votes: 0

I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant gratification, you know? You feel the response immediately. Votes: 0

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do. Votes: 0

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in London for the Radio One session we did. Votes: 0

My mom is a very religious woman. So when I began recording music, I was afraid she wouldn't accept it. But when I played her a song, she loved it. Votes: 0

When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording. Votes: 0

I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio. Votes: 0

I've been doing a lot of studying singing, and I'm thinking of recording an album containing all my old war horses and putting out a songbook at the same time. Votes: 0

I found the recording sessions very freeing because you can really try things. When you're filming something, if you're improvising a film and you're wasting film and wasting a cameraman's time. Votes: 0

One important part of historical recording is to get people of another generation to understand the feelings, the passion that went into social transformation. That's why oral history is so valuable. Votes: 0

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes. Votes: 0

Being in a recording studio is a very different feel from performing onstage. I mean, obviously, you can't just go in and do what you would do onstage. It reads differently. Votes: 0

The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera. Votes: 0

I've always been fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology in music, not only in recording, but in the keyboard. It's amazing the way you can apply technology to an art form. Votes: 0

When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear. Votes: 0

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album. Votes: 0

We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything. Votes: 0

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance. Votes: 0

Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what I should've been doing all along, writing and recording. Votes: 0

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing. Votes: 0

What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records. Votes: 0

I want to be a recording artist for my whole entire life. But Broadway is something I would come back to at any given moment. I love, love, love doing theater. Votes: 0

Everyone I talked to was a recording-the bank, the elevator, your office, the school, a wrong number. You used to be able to call a wrong number and get a person. Votes: 0

There is a whole aspect of freedom to recording at home that you don't get in a studio. The possibilities are infinite, and there is no reason not to explore them. Votes: 0

It's not the case of turning in a bunch of songs and recording the next month. I think you're looking for songs all year long and you're writing all year long. Votes: 0

Brian Auger is a superb technician on his instrument, but he also plays with feeling that is a rarity. I am looking forward in recording with him in the near future. Votes: 0

Do you have a record contract? I have a recording agreement. What's the difference? One is an agreement and one is a contract! I am a man who deals by ear. Votes: 0

I write songs simply because I get a kick out of making them exist. I'm also sort of addicted to the recording studio, and making albums is my idea of fun. Votes: 0

I was just doing it for fun. I was in college recording music as a joke, so I really didn't think that a career was feasible - being able to travel. Votes: 0

When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those. Votes: 0

I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different. Votes: 0

Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording. Votes: 0

When the polar ice caps melt, my recording studio will rise up like an ark, and I'll float off into the drowned world like a character from a J.G. Ballard novel. Votes: 0

I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording. Votes: 0

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me. Votes: 0

I don't work at night. I'm not very good about working at night. I get tired during the day and I usually like to save my nights to try things out recording. Votes: 0

By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own. Votes: 0

There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well. Votes: 0

"Snapped" happened maybe like two months after I released the mixtape. I just like took a break from recording and that was the first song I wrote and recorded after the mixtape. Votes: 0

I'll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I'm recording. If I break one I'll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings. Votes: 0

At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording demos for Kenny, who was finally signed to Columbia Records. Votes: 0

But here I am today recording this and I'm in the studio with all the others on a clean mic. It's extraordinary, the actor's found a way of doing it for himself. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that. Votes: 0

My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television. Votes: 0

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break I would just play back the saxophone. Votes: 0

Every project is different. When I'm working on my albums, I've worked with different producers and they've all had different personalities. The recording studio sets the vibe, and that changes as well. Votes: 0

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists. Votes: 0

A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter. Votes: 0

No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it. Votes: 0

I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process. But, with a film, there is no control at all. Votes: 0

A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful. Votes: 0

Next time we need to be on drugs and have lots of suffering and alcohol abuse going on while recording, I'm kinda picturing a Jerry Lee Lewis session from the mid Seventies. Votes: 0

In itself, I spent a year writing, you know all these different songs and when it came to recording the record, I just pulled out all the tracks I liked the most. Votes: 0

What I normally do with recording, performing, and touring is my name. It's all on my shoulders. If it's a great show, I'm great. If it's not a great show, I'm not great. Votes: 0

I've made music for grownups most of my life as a singer/songwriter - often with my band, Nine Stories - recorded many albums, and 10 years ago I started recording kid's music, too. Votes: 0

In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. Votes: 0

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions. Votes: 0

I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit. Votes: 0

Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal. Votes: 0

This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish. Votes: 0

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist. Votes: 0

The problem is almost everybody is just recording the world with home photographic toys, not doing metaphor or ideas. We have a photographic culture that's not conditioned to think in terms of symbol. Votes: 0

I never really listen to what people say. My thing is that my favorite artists are artists that are theatrical. Obviously when you are doing a recording, things aren't gonna translate as over-the-top. Votes: 0

There's a substantial portion of my recorded repertoire that was learned for the recording sessions, and then basically forgotten. I wouldn't say it's the majority, but it's a fairly good chunk of it. Votes: 0

I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about. Votes: 0

The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert. Votes: 0

With my portable recording system, I didn't feel like I was listening as a distant observer; rather, I had been sucked into a new space - becoming an integral part of the experience itself. Votes: 0

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs. Votes: 0

I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other. Votes: 0

The parties happen when we book the studio. That's a safe place. Get alcohol, food, girls, homies, and have these small listening parties while I'm recording. And that energy always gets into the music. Votes: 0

I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have. Votes: 0

I have a very limited knowledge of recording, but the miracle of being able to capture sounds on magnetic tape and the miracle of electricity, and these little magnetic particles, is amazing to me. Votes: 0

To me, the hook of the riff is what makes a great guitar recording. It's the backbone of the whole song. When you have a strong riff, it's the rocket fuel for the track. Votes: 0

I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn't take much! Votes: 0

Jason Bourne is supposed to be really sneaky and spry, but as soon as he walks by, everybody pulls out their cell phones and starts recording. That level of fame is wild to see. Votes: 0

If it's a good record or a good recording, then word of mouth will build for that reason, not before the fact, not before anyone's heard it, not because of MySpace or the label. Votes: 0

I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything. Votes: 0

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time. Votes: 0

During recording, the most important thing of all is to "sing sincerely" from the heart. When you guys listen to my songs and able to feel my sincere singing, I will be very happy. Votes: 0

In fact, it's in my interest to love digital recording, and I just spent a ton on a new digital recording system, so I speak from a place of heavy investment in both sides. Votes: 0

When we were on breaks from recording and touring, I was kind of moping around, like not knowing what to do. It was hard to adjust back to normal life after being so busy. Votes: 0

After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years with only a keyboard replacement. The band had no name, just my name. Votes: 0

And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something. Votes: 0

I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close. Votes: 0

I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be. Votes: 0

I like having a song in my head that's never been heard and then going into a studio and recording it and hearing it exist in the world. It's a magical part. Filled with wonder. Votes: 0

After years of begging, I got my parents to get me a little Craig tape recorder, a reel to reel. Then I started recording voices, or recording Jonathan Winters off television and stuff like that. Votes: 0

I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that. Votes: 0

I always knew that we were going to be successful and accomplish and succeed at our dreams. There was never a doubt in my mind. When we were recording 'Appetite For Destruction', we all knew. Votes: 0

I'm a keen musician. Me and my mates have a great times jamming and recording stuff. We have a great band behind us and have turned my nursery-rhyme songs into quite credible pieces of music. Votes: 0

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. Votes: 0

When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring. Votes: 0

I am touring in Europe. I am putting together a trio and a quartet. I am playing solo concerts with my symphonic sounds. I am very much engaged back to playing and recording and everything. Votes: 0

I don't keep a diary or a journal. Sometimes I'll send emails to friends, and that's a way of recording what I was thinking at any given time. But I've never been a journal keeper. Votes: 0

We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business. Votes: 0

If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself. Votes: 0

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me. Votes: 0

I dont really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me. Votes: 0

In the recording process I do listen to other artists a lot and other albums and albums I am loving lately, or ones that I still love that came out in the 80s or 70s. Votes: 0

I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist. Votes: 0

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame. Votes: 0