Records Quotes · Page 137

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it…

— Meg Greenfield

I'd liked my first record, it was autobiographical and beautiful.

— Lana Del Rey

But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want…

— Duncan Sheik

It just amazed me that so many people came to see my show even to a place that I've never been to.…

— Angela Aki

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established…

— Roger Bannister

Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and…

— James Bay

When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage.

— George Duke

A big marker in my life was realizing you could record sound: I liked to make little recordings and then go back…

— Josh Garrels

My influences were the riff-based blues coming from Chicago in the Fifties - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Billy Boy Arnold records.

— Jimmy Page

In the process of making the record, I was just so bored all the time working whatever stupid job. I felt like…

— Josh Jones

You are smart people. You know that the tax cuts have not fueled record revenues … You know that the first order…

— Andrew Samwick

People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.

— Marnie Stern

I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few…

— Burton Malkiel

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

— Alan Sparhawk

Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired…

— Joe Perry

When you make records, you gotta think about what's going to be happening at the concert.

— Eric B

I really didn't like 'Done With Mirrors.' I really didn't like 'Just Push Play.' Then there are other records I really think…

— Joe Perry

I love to play music, and this is fun, and let's record this stuff in a way that we both like. That…

— Zooey Deschanel

I hadn't performed or been in the public eye for about 16 years. When my husband passed away, I was obliged to…

— Patti Smith

When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things…

— Al Sharpton

With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically.

— Daniel Johns

I think everybody has a purpose. Everybody is made to be a picture of how good and glorious God is, and I…

— LeCrae

Racism does not have a good track record. It's been tried out for a long time and you'd think by now we'd…

— Thomas Sowell

In November I'll be releasing my new solo record, entitled 'Box Of Bees'. There's no music, it's just a box full of…

— Thom Yorke

For better or worse I'm the writer I am today because of hearing those Dylan records. For better and most certainly not…

— Steve Erickson

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing…

— Lisa Loeb

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing…

— Lou Brock

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in…

— Anonymous

I'm a beat hoarder. I'll record five songs in a year and I still hoard beats.

— Vince Staples

Have you ever seen that guy who has the record for fattest man in the world? Bob Hughes, the fattest man in…

— Jerry Seinfeld

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New…

— Madeleine Peyroux

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this…

— Sydney J. Harris

What drives me now is the desire to be able to keep doing this. I love making records and performing, and success…

— Martina McBride

I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche.

— Adele

I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.

— Jon Gordon

Any form of a winning record in the conference is an accomplishment.

— Jordan Knight

We've always had big gaps between records.

— Hope Sandoval

As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't,…

— Eminem

If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.

— Wanda Jackson