Records Quotes · Page 45

Any rap record from 1989 to 1999, besides [ones on] Death Row, we did promotions for it. We had our hand in everything.

— Steve Rifkind

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.

— John Lydon

A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for.

— Henry David Thoreau

A Grecian history, perfectly written should be a complete record of the rise and progress of poetry, philosophy, and the arts.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I went to a record store, they said they specialized in hard-to-find records. Nothing was alphabetized!

— Mitch Hedberg

It feels real good to look at some of the guys who have played before me, then come in and break a…

— Chris Johnson

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

— Phil Collins

I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one…

— Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But…

— Sarah Vowell

Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics -…

— Queen Latifah

With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done…

— Anonymous

Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term 'still'…

— Greil Marcus

I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK…

— George Duke

I think it's important to remember that music supervision is not just about a fantastic record collection or knowledge of music, although…

— Alexandra Patsavas

I think music piracy is forcing many people to look at the live aspect of the record industry as an income and…

— Ben Howard

I was writing music when we finished the last Walkmen record, Heaven, and a few of these songs may have even been…

— Hamilton Leithauser

It used to be when a good record was about to drop you heard it out of every car and every kid…

— Mic Geronimo

It's part of the strategy to remind people who Hillary Rodham Clinton actually is. If others aren't going to hold her account…

— Kellyanne Conway

I'll let the record [Who You Selling For] speak for itself. I don't want to get too in-depth with my personal opinions…

— Taylor Momsen

The psychiatric interviewer is supposed to be doing three things: considering what the patient could mean by what he says; considering how…

— Harry Stack Sullivan

I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just…

— Tom Petty

Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions…

— William Julius Wilson

Accordingly, France Had Voltaire, and his school of negative thinkers, and England (or rather Scotland) had the profoundest negative thinker on record,…

— John Stuart Mill

Writin songs is like a mystery. The most difficult thing to do is have a good idea. If you have a decent…

— Lyle Lovett

You used to make records, record companies sold them, and people went to record stores and bought them. That's all gone now.

— Joe Walsh

The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of-Christ's birth.

— Charles Spurgeon

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

— Sheryl Crow

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

— Rufus Wainwright

I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them.

— Pete Rose

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

— Madeleine Peyroux

We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body…

— A-Trak

Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.

— Pete Sampras

Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.

— Erykah Badu

The record of a month's roulette playing at Monte Carlo can afford us material for discussing the foundations of knowledge.

— Karl Pearson

Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse…

— Ron Paul

I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.

— Erykah Badu

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

— Chris Daughtry

The records I always maintained were there to serve just one purpose - that was to be broken

— Tommy Woodcock

You've got a fairly good idea as to what the questions are going to be. But how to record the best answer…

— Nick Faldo

I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after "Like A Rolling Stone".

— Al Kooper