Studio Freedom Quotes

For a long time I was free. I didn't belong to any type of studio, or any company. I kept a sort of freedom and a light touch.

I don't use any real vintage hardware any longer. That's always been the object as far as gaining control of the studio environment, going back to when I built my first studio, Secret Sound, in New York City. The whole point was to not have to pay studio bills anymore and not be looking at the clock.

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do.

A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure up a complete atmosphere of escapism for the public.

There are a lot of characters that you can get into that don't exist in the studio world.

Without a doubt, if I had it to do all over again, I would do whatever it takes to be a one-person studio. You need to learn how to write so you can control the material. If you own the material, you can do it all.

So when bands work with me and it's 10 o'clock, usually you'd have to be getting out of the studio, we could go on until 2 in the morning cause it's my place!

In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.

When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything in and try it.