I want to be in cahoots with bands who want to make the record of their dreams. — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone has exhausted the range of sound possible in a conventional rock band, but people do become slaves to… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
It always offended me when I was in the studio and the engineer or the assumed producer for the session would start… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Suicide was such a formative band for me, so influential in the development of my taste. They're one of those bands that… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I'm only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band's own perception of their music and existence. If you commit… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Shellac was asked to do a recreation of our first album, but we've always been a band that improvised our sets. That's… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
If I'm working as an engineer for another band, the responsibility for brilliance pretty much rests on their shoulders. I think I'm… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. I think paying a royalty to a… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I have no problem with bands using participant financing schemes like Kickstarter and such. I've said many times that I think they're… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself to the world is… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
When people are absurdly tall, they command everyone's attention when they walk into a room. Nobody's ever dismissive of somebody for being too tall. — Steve Albini Copy Share
Clip your year-end column and put it away for 10 years. See if you don’t feel like an idiot when you reread it. — Steve Albini Copy Share
I'm only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band's own perception of their music and existence. If you commit yourselves to… — Steve Albini Copy Share
You see something happen to a population whereby everyone adopts something that's just preposterous in a way that makes it normal instantly. If any… — Steve Albini Copy Share
The woman I am currently crazy about was a vegetarian for a year until I started dating her. As is the case with most… — Steve Albini Copy Share
By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum — Steve Albini Copy Share
Suicide was such a formative band for me, so influential in the development of my taste. They're one of those bands that operated in… — Steve Albini Copy Share
I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that to be… — Steve Albini Copy Share
When I'm in a restaurant, I don't eat red meat. It doesn't taste like anything. But if a friend of mine is grilling stuff… — Steve Albini Copy Share
Cooking is about presenting flavors and other aspects of food in a way that makes best use of them and makes an engaging, satisfying… — Steve Albini Copy Share
I'm not a particularly good cook. Part of it is that it is the kind of cooking anybody could do if they bothered. It's… — Steve Albini Copy Share
Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment — Steve Albini Copy Share
I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful… — Steve Albini Copy Share
There won't ever be a mass-market record industry again, and that's fine with me because that industry didn't operate for the benefit of the… — Steve Albini Copy Share
