--- title: "13 Wanted Record Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Wanted Record quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Wanted Record sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/jamarcus-russell-10329_al_only-al-davis-wanted-me-that-s-on-record_456197.jpg" --- > [Only Al Davis wanted me. That's on record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamarcus-russell/only-al-davis-wanted-me-that-s-on-record/) [JaMarcus Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamarcus-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/jamarcus-russell-10329_al_only-al-davis-wanted-me-that-s-on-record_456197.jpg) > [I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-stone/i-wanted-out-of-my-record-deal-with-emi-they-wanted-me-to-record-one/) [Joss Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/joss-stone-9762_albums_i-wanted-out-of-my-record-deal-with-emi_1588187.jpg) > [I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/i-ve-always-wanted-to-record-a-jazz-record-i-did-one-in-the-70s-with/) [Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/rita-coolidge-25500_barbara_i-ve-always-wanted-to-record-a-jazz-reco_2739834.jpg) > [I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcknight/i-started-as-a-writer-and-when-i-sent-my-demos-out-everyone-wanted-to/) [Brian McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcknight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/brian-mcknight-8171_deals_i-started-as-a-writer-and-when-i-sent-my_2066113.png) > [With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mat-kearney/with-city-of-black-white-i-wanted-a-record-that-would-make-you-feel/) [Mat Kearney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mat-kearney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/mat-kearney-3612_black_with-city-of-black-white-i-wanted-a-reco_63432.png) > [I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-think-back-in-the-day-when-i-was-first-starting-to-make-music-all-i/) [G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/g-eazy-1910_back_i-think-back-in-the-day-when-i-was-first_1228645.jpg) > [My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-smith/my-girlfriend-at-the-time-convinced-me-to-send-these-songs-to-cavity/) [Elliott Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/elliott-smith-8566_convinced_my-girlfriend-at-the-time-convinced-me-t_103882.jpg) > [It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-lee/it-was-a-world-that-i-wanted-to-record-because-it-was-such-a-miracle/) [Laurie Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/laurie-lee-23486_miracle_it-was-a-world-that-i-wanted-to-record-b_8601.png) > [I'm from the pre-Pro Tools era where you had to meet up with the artist and go over things if you wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-m-from-the-pre-pro-tools-era-where-you-had-to-meet-up-with-the/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/dj-premier-5278_art_i-m-from-the-pre-pro-tools-era-where-you_2569953.jpg) > [I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-blackwell/i-used-to-be-with-a-publishing-house-called-roosevelt-music-a/) [Otis Blackwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-blackwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/otis-blackwell-40983_fever_i-used-to-be-with-a-publishing-house-cal_264908.jpg) > [I always wanted to do a record called, 'The Three J's,' because you got me, Jay Rock, you got J. Cole, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rock/i-always-wanted-to-do-a-record-called-the-three-j-s-because-you-got/) [Jay Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/jay-rock-8817_always_i-always-wanted-to-do-a-record-called-th_2018075.jpg) > [I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-never-ever-had-it-in-my-mind-that-i-wanted-to-be-in-the-record/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/ian-mackaye-3369_affair_i-never-ever-had-it-in-my-mind-that-i-wa_2477389.png) > [The requests started coming in from other prisoners all over the United States. And then the word got around. So I always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-cash/the-requests-started-coming-in-from-other-prisoners-all-over-the/) [Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-cash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/johnny-cash-1517_back-again_the-requests-started-coming-in-from-othe_377998.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-record/#itemlist", "name": "Wanted Record Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only Al Davis wanted me. 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And then the word got around. So I always wanted to record that, you know, to record a show because of the reaction I got. It was far and above anything I had ever had in my life, the complete explosion of noise and reaction that they gave me with every song. 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