Grandmaster Flash Quotes

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

All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I actually write them while I record.

When you record an album in six days, you don't have time to work out a lot of stuff.

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

I'm not really gonna stop. We've got so much stuff to do, so many songs we talked about, so many things to record.

Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a song can come to life.

Making a record with 'Depeche Mode' is not a simple process. It's quite complicated and long. We have the luxury of time. I'm not sure that's such a good thing when you're being creative.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

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

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

I like to make great albums.

They're mostly done before we went into the studio, although I do like writing in the studio.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

The four of us couldn't have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning 'til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

I love to be in the studio. That's what I like to do best.

There was a recording studio in my school, and I knew this kid who had a key, so I'd write lyrics in school while I was in class, and then, in a 10-minute break, I recorded the song 'Hurt' in one go at the school studio.

I'm a recording studio guy, an engineer, a songwriter and a guitar player, in that order.

We rarely write in the studio. Everything's already completely arranged before we go in. That way, we can really focus on getting the recording right.

I started rapping at the age of 12. That's when I wrote my first song, but I was more intrigued on learning how the recording process works: how do you create music and what materials I needed. So I educated myself musically so that I could focus on creating my own.

'A&E' is one of my favourite songs we've made in terms of the production.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

We're always recording music, writing songs.