Music Recording Quotes

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much execute it.

Lyrics over some nice beats - that's what the people want from us.

All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to do what I do for a living.

When I was in the recording studio, I needed to concentrate on what my voice was doing, which is rather difficult if you can't actually see what you are supposed to be singing.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.

I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.

From the first album I'm playing bass on a lot of the tunes, and piano on a lot of 'em, and drums, and guitars. I did that on almost every album.

A lot of people have been sending me beats, I've just been getting it in.

With 'Love Shack,' once we put that chorus in, it did have more of a song structure. Even though the verses are all kind of different, the chorus was there along with 'The Love Shack' - I think that really made it a hit. Once we heard it in the studio, we played it for R.E.M., and they were like, 'Yes this is a hit.'

I do have a lot of music out.

The friendship I had with Elvis began to take shape in 1968 when I was recording in Memphis. I'd record during the day, and Elvis would send one of his guys over to bring me to Graceland at night. Everything you've heard about Graceland during Elvis's glory days is true and then some.

All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.

I'm a musician, I always was a musician, and now I've got a song on the radio, so I'm definitely a musician.

There's a Norwegian equivalent to 'BBC Introducing' called 'P3 Untouched,' and I remember when they played the first song I ever wrote that I'd put online. I was 16 at that point. That was the first moment where I was like, 'Oh, maybe this is something I want to do more of.'

In order to write music, you need lots of Tabasco sauce.

I not only composed music for my albums but also for the film 'Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh.'

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar; I would love to get nominated again.

When I was in a band after high school and in college, I didn't even play the guitar. I played the bass because I couldn't play lead, and I didn't have the gear.

My son is a professional musician now.

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

My sons are coming out with music. Square Off, they're called.

We want to be considered a band, like Maroon 5 or Coldplay.

The Nazz survived for 18 months - that was my first taste of fame on some level and of the overall experience of being in a band. There are good and bad aspects, and I got to taste some of both, and, well, it's not as much fun as what you see in 'A Hard Day's Night,' let me just say that.