Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we…

The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.

— Frank Iero

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any…

— Huey Lewis

I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still…

— Nas

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.

— Martin Gore

There's no publicist, no advertisements, and no one's pushing us. If people are buying our records, it's because big brothers and sisters or friends…

— Spencer Moody

That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . .

— Upton Sinclair

Look at music for what it's worth around the world and not just America. In other countries, people are still buying CDs and going…

— Snoop Dogg

I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

— Branford Marsalis

One day I decided I would like to put a record into my system. So I picked up a record that was lying on…

— Pauline Oliveros

My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me…

— Tracy Morgan

Just for the record, how I feel right now is very terrific.

— Chuck Palahniuk

There's nothing like getting feedback that's positive and supportive. That's what I'm all about. I'm really just genuinely doing good music. I'm not looking…

— Tiffany Villarreal