From a very early age, I started to get really interested in how songs were put to tape. Not just listening to the songs, but the way the songs were recorded. — 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 is. You get joy in listening to these Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison sad lyrics. I'm attracted to… — 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
