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
My favorite recordings are the ones that feel like there were no middlemen in the creation. That's the biggest problem with most… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
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… — 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
When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the… — 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 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 like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 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 a romantic… — 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 records, only… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
