Alan Parsons Quotes

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• In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.
• Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.
• The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected…
• Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!
• Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.
• I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels…
• I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept…
• I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to…
• I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real…
• In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized…
• That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You…
• The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.
• The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is…
• Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.
• The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since…

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