Christine McVie Quotes

The first record took us, like, a year and a half to make. The second one took 21 days, including weekends.

On the 'Escondido' album, I think it took us a month to make that album.

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

I never liked making albums.

I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about.

Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record.

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.

I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.

You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them.

When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album.

I'm only at home for, like, a month when I'm doing an album - at the most.

My first album after 'American Idol' I did with Desmond - we paid for it together, and we literally were together working on it every day for a year and half, just writing. We wrote in New York, Nashville, L.A., Sweden - we wrote with some other amazing songwriters like Diane Warren, too.

I'm always working on a new album because I'm always writing, and I'm always in and out of my home studio.

When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

I didn't have a lot to do with the first record.

I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.

I don't ever land on an album title until I know exactly what's going on the record, because you never know until it's all said and done.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

Every album is just a greatest hits of whatever songs are on a pile when I go in to make a record.

I've always been interested in what happens in the studio.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

I like to make great albums.