Cds Quote by Branford Marsalis

There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long.…

— Ed O'Brien

Usually a song is supposed to be between three and four minutes; twenty minutes is a little bit long.

— John Popper

If I played just one song from every album, I would be onstage for two and a half hours. No one wants a show…

— Robyn Hitchcock

CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for…

— Annie E. Clark

When we play 'Angel of Death', it's actually a 2 and half minutes sing 'til our party starts. That song is pretty much been…

— Kerry King

However long the song is was how long it took us to write it.

— Geezer Butler

If you can sing it, you can play it.

— Jackie McLean

The difficult thing about a pop record is that you're given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between…

— Anonymous

When the song is part of the action and working as dialogue, even two minutes is way too long.

— Stephen Sondheim

I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there. I don't…

— Al Jarreau

Our first radio single, 'The Stage,' was eight-and-a-half minutes long. Unabashedly, we wanted to push the limits musically, lyrically, and instrumentation-wise.

— Zacky Vengeance

We used to jam forever. We'd play one song for three hours, easy.

— John Popper