I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I got into one Metallica record. That was about it. I never got into AC/DC or Black Sabbath or any of that.… — 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… — 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… — 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 get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I… — 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
I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas. Whoever chooses… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
There's a relationship between music and spirituality and inspiration and to a certain extent improvisation that draws me in, because I don't… — 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
My philosophy for producing a record is for everyone involved, including myself, to get out of the way of the song, and… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the… — 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
