Jon Landau

Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio.…

— Jon Landau

There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

— Jon Landau

There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains…

— Jon Landau

The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of…

— Jon Landau

Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film…

— Jon Landau

Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance…

— Jon Landau

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose.…

— Jon Landau

'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.

— Jon Landau

The Rolling Stones are constantly changing, but beneath the changes they remain the most formal of rock bands. Their successive releases have…

— Jon Landau

Since her landmark 'Tapestry,' Carole King has both oversimplified and over elaborated that masterful album's style until her music has become something…

— Jon Landau

It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity…

— Jon Landau

'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable.

— Jon Landau

Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe…

— Jon Landau

The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical…

— Jon Landau

On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and…

— Jon Landau

On first listening, Joni Mitchell's 'Court And Spark,' the first truly great pop album of 1974, sounds surprisingly light; by the third…

— Jon Landau

The modern recording studio, with its well-trained engineers, 24-track machines and shiny new recording consoles, encourages the artist to get involved with…

— Jon Landau

'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original…

— Jon Landau

The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite…

— Jon Landau

The Rolling Stones have been the best of all possible worlds: they have the lack of pretension and sentimentality associated with the…

— Jon Landau

The Rolling Stones are violence. Their music penetrates the raw nerve endings of their listeners and finds its way into the groove…

— Jon Landau

It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.

— Jon Landau

The Faces do not, as some have recently alleged, play badly. They are more than competent, especially at creating a mid-Sixties Rolling…

— Jon Landau

There is something complete about Stevie Wonder, and one senses that he is not only exceptionally important today, but will continue to…

— Jon Landau

Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that…

— Jon Landau