I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means. — M. Ward Copy Share Image
The production process has a great way of bringing songs to light and that's a big part of it. — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way. — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Even though someone has died, a piece of their spirit can still be alive. That's an exciting world for me to take… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions.… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
From a very early age, I started to get really interested in how songs were put to tape. Not just listening to… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
My philosophy for producing a record is for everyone involved, including myself, to get out of the way of the song, and… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Try to take your vision and ego as far away from the song as possible. Give as much respect as you can… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas. Whoever chooses… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff.… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time, when I'm recording to two-inch tape, I still have… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
It might be a meaningless moment, but those sparks that ignite the song… It's mystical maybe, those magic moments. And to make… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I just want the songs to have the staying power as my favorite songs. If you listen to any Hank Williams song,… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I got into one Metallica record. That was about it. I never got into AC/DC or Black Sabbath or any of that.… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I've never used the word jamming. It's a matter of finding a great song and learning the chords, then slightly altering the… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
The songwriting style, to me, is superior. There was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line,… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I… — M. Ward Copy Share
I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time. — M. Ward Copy Share
I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the… — M. Ward Copy Share
I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that… — M. Ward Copy Share
It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that… — M. Ward Copy Share
Try to take your vision and ego as far away from the song as possible. Give as much respect as you can to the… — M. Ward Copy Share
I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means. — M. Ward Copy Share
The way that I'm working now is basically the way I've been working since I was a kid: Find the greatest artist in whatever… — M. Ward Copy Share
I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time, when I'm recording to two-inch tape, I still have a romantic… — M. Ward Copy Share
I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only… — M. Ward Copy Share
It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard. — M. Ward Copy Share
