All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream. — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
I used to carry a bag of records down to my friend's house every Friday, and we'd sit down and play all… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records. — Seth Troxler Copy Share Image
At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars. — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
We grew up with all the Fat Wreck Records and all the Epitaph bands, that era. We mixed it up together. We… — Chuck Comeau Copy Share Image
What is it we are hating? It goes beyond politics. I suppose that my fascination with [Margaret Thatcher] is not just with… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
We might think that we're really intellectual and we're going to check out the library to research the meaning every time somebody… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I repeat it until it works. It is important to record, otherwise you lose ideas. That's why I never stay away from… — Young Thug Copy Share Image
It's good to listen to lots of different stuff, just whatever you like. The first two records I ever bought were Alice… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
Writers are the custodians of memory, and that's what this chapter is about: how to leave some kind of record of your… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this,… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
Only a very small proportion of us take those excesses with us into later life. In the age before everyone had a… — Derek Ridgers Copy Share Image
Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information,… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
... so much of what we do now started in 1954 at Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee ... those guys were inventing… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves; to break our own records;… — Carl Holmes Copy Share Image
I'd found that what I wrote and put out on records somehow was not fitting into how I perform on stage. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I'm no longer a shoeaholic, but I used to be. I used to spend all my time on tour either buying records… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
I really didn't think I was going to make records to where I make a living out of it. — Shaggy Copy Share Image
It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
There's been no two Dirty Projectors records that have had the same cast of characters every time. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them. — Gloria Gaynor Copy Share Image
Everything changes all the time, and unfortunately, everyone who knows what you do by buying records only hears a small amount of… — Pat Benatar Copy Share Image
If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record.… — Adele Copy Share Image
You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously… — Eminem Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to do an acoustic record from the very beginning of my career. I was a coffeeshop artist where… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't remember anything since 'Ice Ice Baby,' but I've got 3 records out since then and they're all… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no,… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image