Song Quotes by Steve Albini

15 Song quotes by Steve Albini

Steve’s no‑frills approach cuts straight to the core of a track. These 15 concise thoughts reveal how a song can be stripped down, captured raw, and still resonate with an unfiltered honesty.

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The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally…

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By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum

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I don't think anyone has exhausted the range of sound possible in a conventional rock band, but people do become slaves to…

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The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which…

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I'm only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band's own perception of their music and existence. If you commit…

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If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is…

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Harmonics are vibrations a fraction of the length of the vibrating string, which add higher-pitched and more complex content to the notes.…

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Suicide was such a formative band for me, so influential in the development of my taste. They're one of those bands that…

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It always offended me when I was in the studio and the engineer or the assumed producer for the session would start…

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Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that…

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If I'm working as an engineer for another band, the responsibility for brilliance pretty much rests on their shoulders. I think I'm…

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I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that…

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I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. I think paying a royalty to a…

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Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself to the world is…

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We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are…

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