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title: "2 Engineer Quotes By Steve Albini"
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> [As a recording engineer - someone who is deeply embroiled in the process of making records every day - you see trends and fads run through the social organization of the population of musicians in the same way that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/as-a-recording-engineer-someone-who-is-deeply-embroiled-in-the/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/steve-albini-10003_day_as-a-recording-engineer-someone-who-is-d_1743108.jpg)

> [If I'm working as an engineer for another band, the responsibility for brilliance pretty much rests on their shoulders. I think I'm pretty good, but I'm not good enough to turn a trout into a sausage, or the other way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/if-i-m-working-as-an-engineer-for-another-band-the-responsibility-for/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/steve-albini-10003_another_if-i-m-working-as-an-engineer-for-anothe_2622017.jpg)

## Other authors on Engineer

## More by Steve Albini

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/when-people-are-absurdly-tall-they-command-everyone-s-attention-when/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/clip-your-year-end-column-and-put-it-away-for-10-years-see-if-you-don/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/i-m-only-interested-in-working-on-records-that-legitimately-reflect/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/you-see-something-happen-to-a-population-whereby-everyone-adopts/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [The woman I am currently crazy about was a vegetarian for a year until I started dating her. As is the case with most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/the-woman-i-am-currently-crazy-about-was-a-vegetarian-for-a-year/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/by-now-all-rock-bands-are-wise-enough-to-be-suspicious-of-music/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/suicide-was-such-a-formative-band-for-me-so-influential-in-the/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/i-feel-like-bands-should-be-growing-living-functioning-entities-and/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/when-i-m-in-a-restaurant-i-don-t-eat-red-meat-it-doesn-t-taste-like/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [Cooking is about presenting flavors and other aspects of food in a way that makes best use of them and makes an engaging, satisfying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/cooking-is-about-presenting-flavors-and-other-aspects-of-food-in-a/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [In heaven, after antipasti, the first course will be pasta.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/in-heaven-after-antipasti-the-first-course-will-be-pasta/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/i-m-not-a-particularly-good-cook-part-of-it-is-that-it-is-the-kind-of/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/doubt-the-conventional-wisdom-unless-you-can-verify-it-with-reason/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/i-m-busy-doing-my-job-and-being-a-loudmouth-doesn-t-appeal-to-me-as/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-albini/there-won-t-ever-be-a-mass-market-record-industry-again-and-that-s/)

[Steve Albini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-albini/)

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