Record Quotes · Page 29

I've wanted to do a solo album since 2000 when I was writing songs for the 'Machine' record.

— Wayne Static

I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.

— Jimmy Page

I didn't want the record to be cold and I don't think it's cold at all. I felt it was very people…

— Jon Crosby

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most…

— David Byrne

I'm really interested in the record industry and the artists and the problems they're having.

— Jimmy Iovine

No one has done what we've done. We're the first female band to have a No. 1 record.

— Charlotte Caffey

Protectionist politicians cannot stand the notion of a fossil-fuel-rich America maintaining record levels of production through exports.

— Mike Pompeo

I should be the one to say what I do. It's just not done that way anymore in Nashville, and I can't…

— Charlie Daniels

I'm not afraid to do a contrast in terms of what my record is, what I want to do, versus Ted Cruz's…

— Colin Allred

Good short-story collections, like good record albums, are almost always hit-and-miss affairs - successful if they include three or four great tracks,…

— Walter Kirn

We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is…

— Patrick Stump

I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they're actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the…

— Jason Isbell

Note to academics: Aristarchus' track record of astronomical research would probably have guaranteed him tenure somewhere, if tenure had been invented. His…

— Seth Shostak

If I could have a record that represents every stage of my life, I'd be putting out one a month. Everything is…

— Frankie Cosmos

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you…

— Elvis Costello

Basically, a band's first record is them coming together and really learning everything, and then, after they're on the road and really…

— Vinnie Paul

My second album is the highest anticipated record coming out this year and Ive been spending long hours in the studio to…

— The Game

We struggled for years before we got that record deal. It was tough because we were girls. People were slamming doors in…

— Charlotte Caffey

Can we understand - just for the record, we do need the government for a lot of big ticket items.

— Rob Lowe

The record books aren't going to lie. They aren't going to say I sold out. They aren't going to say anything.

— Sheamus

When you're producing your own record, you do your best to be objective and take a step back from it from time…

— Derek Trucks

I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you…

— Ester Dean

Beyoncé can handle any record you put in front of her. Any record that pushes her in that direction, it would have…

— Bryce Wilson

After the 'Last Waltz' concert, it just seemed very healthy to me to put making a record as far out of my…

— Robbie Robertson

I think when you've been a career politician for 34 years you have to run on your record.

— Carly Fiorina

There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies.

— Greg Ginn

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being…

— Erol Alkan

I wanted to play in bands and get signed by a record label and tour the world and stuff, but that never…

— Ramin Djawadi

I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just…

— Nadia Ali

Of course it's super special to create your own records; it really is a part of my self.

— Martin Garrix

I want to have a publishing company and a record label, and I want to manage five artists... eventually.

— Charli XCX

Hopefully, the stuff that is way too personal that I record and keep - people won't hear it because it's way too…

— Sharon Van Etten

I write songs; I record them. When I get enough, and it seems like a coherent piece, I call it an album.

— Timothy B. Schmit

I've been an executive and a progressive executive with a record of accomplishments.

— Martin O'Malley

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.

— Frederick Douglass

I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary.

— Chris Bailey

It's no secret that my favorite part of the process is making records; if I'm not making them with Flatts, then I'm…

— Jay DeMarcus

This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter…

— June Carter Cash

I'd love to have a hit record. I don't believe anyone that says they wouldn't like that.

— Colin Hay

Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they…

— Lady Gaga