--- title: "10 Records Quotes By Matthew Sweet" description: "10 Records quotes by Matthew Sweet. Plus more from Matthew Sweet and more Records sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/matthew-sweet-20573_labels_it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be_2384544.png" --- > [It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be-on-a-label-where-it-could/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/matthew-sweet-20573_labels_it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be_2384544.png) > [More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead-of-putting-these-records-out/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/matthew-sweet-20573_instead_more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead_1406892.png) > [The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/the-openness-of-rural-nebraska-certainly-influenced-me-that-openness/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/matthew-sweet-20573_college_the-openness-of-rural-nebraska-certainly_2367469.png) > [Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/girlfriend-and-100-percent-fun-were-my-two-peeks-around-92-and-96-the/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/matthew-sweet-20573_bigger_girlfriend-and-100-percent-fun-were-my-t_1472897.png) > [I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-have-more-perspective-now-and-am-happier-now-it-s-not-that-i-don-t/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/matthew-sweet-20573_bucks_i-have-more-perspective-now-and-am-happi_1520575.png) > [When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/when-i-did-the-record-i-was-coming-off-a-time-when-my-contract-had/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/matthew-sweet-20573_bigs_when-i-did-the-record-i-was-coming-off-a_2648492.png) > [First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/first-off-i-don-t-want-anyone-to-think-i-m-this-huge-thing-in-japan/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/matthew-sweet-20573_any_first-off-i-don-t-want-anyone-to-think-i_603106.png) > [I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-had-no-allusions-of-radio-success-i-just-loved-being-in-studios-i/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/matthew-sweet-20573_allusion_i-had-no-allusions-of-radio-success-i-ju_2408988.png) > [I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-wanted-kimi-to-be-a-japanese-record-with-a-japanese-title-i-wanted/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/matthew-sweet-20573_appreciate_i-wanted-kimi-to-be-a-japanese-record-wi_2044172.png) > [So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/so-it-helped-me-to-just-let-go-of-all-my-tensions-and-feelings-about/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/matthew-sweet-20573_being-nice_so-it-helped-me-to-just-let-go-of-all-my_1971837.png) ## Other authors on Records ## More by Matthew Sweet > [In a world that's ugly and a lie, it's hard to even want to try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/in-a-world-that-s-ugly-and-a-lie-it-s-hard-to-even-want-to-try/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/they-said-if-we-put-you-in-first-class-with-brian-will-you-do-it-so-i/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/he-wanted-to-play-accordion-on-something-of-mine-and-i-said-you-can/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [Wavering and burning like a golden lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/wavering-and-burning-like-a-golden-lie/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/first-off-i-don-t-want-anyone-to-think-i-m-this-huge-thing-in-japan/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/when-i-go-to-japan-and-do-shows-i-play-for-1-000-to-1-500-people-i/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/he-helped-make-living-things-even-more-crazy-than-i-wanted-it-to-be/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/there-are-things-that-i-value-now-that-i-didn-t-when-i-first-went/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead-of-putting-these-records-out/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/girlfriend-and-100-percent-fun-were-my-two-peeks-around-92-and-96-the/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-have-more-perspective-now-and-am-happier-now-it-s-not-that-i-don-t/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [You know that they're not just into it for the moment, they really care about it and value it over time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/you-know-that-they-re-not-just-into-it-for-the-moment-they-really/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/the-summer-of-2002-at-the-wilson-birthday-party-i-met-van-dyke-again/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/so-it-helped-me-to-just-let-go-of-all-my-tensions-and-feelings-about/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-wanted-kimi-to-be-a-japanese-record-with-a-japanese-title-i-wanted/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/records/matthew-sweet/#itemlist", "name": "10 Records Quotes By Matthew Sweet", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record instead of putting out three records over the same period of time on my own.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matthew Sweet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be-on-a-label-where-it-could/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/matthew-sweet-20573_labels_it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be_2384544.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/matthew-sweet-20573_labels_it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be_2384544.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/matthew-sweet-20573_labels_it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be_2384544.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record…” — Matthew Sweet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More labels should be like that. 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