Evan Dando Quotes

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.

I think the sound that I have had on all the records that I've been a part of have been important and special.

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

Sometimes I like them artificial and sometimes I like them real. And the reason is because sometimes I like a real close sound. And I like a very specific snare sound and I can't get that in the big room.

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

When we're recording, I always dress up.

I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.

I love sending stuff to Usher because it always sounds better than me.

When it comes to orchestral music, whenever I see a concert with orchestra and strings, and I arrive and there are speakers up, my heart always sinks a little bit, and I think, 'It's going to be down to some sound guy's ideas.' Contact microphones on the violins. I'm a purist, I suppose.

I don't like overdubs, never liked them.

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.

I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in.

I thought I wanted to go to drama school or university, and that would have been a completely different life. But what got me was the sound, and hearing it. Hearing everything so loud, I loved that back in the studio. I loved that from the very beginning.

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

When it comes to the recording and writing, it's still mostly Mickey and I. But now there's this whole live entity that's a whole different thing, and it seems to be where we're gaining the most popularity.

All my writing, I always do it in the studio, 'cause everything sounds good. The piano's there, the keyboards; if you want to put strings on something... And everything sounds good when it's in the cans; it sounds killer.

If you're thinking the road ahead is a little shorter than the one behind you, you're thinking about trying to write a good song and hoping to make a decent record of it.

When we were first recording, I was wearing a bag on my head.

Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.

We record a lot of our shows, we record our soundchecks.

Ground zero for me is audio.

A lot of times, when you record something, the album becomes less about the music and more technical.