Flashy Quote by Charlie Worsham

Its very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what…

— Chad Smith

When I record, it's this very precious and insular thing.

— Mitski

That's what records do: represent a compressed, heightened version of the sound. Because of the compression of the tubes and microphones and the wax,…

— Ry Cooder

Usually my records are made trying to capture the essence of a band playing in a room.

— Lee Ranaldo

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.

— Don Henley

What makes that record special is something that is gone from music today - it's called a rhythm section.

— Jim Dickinson

The idea that recording itself is an instrument.

— Michael Snow

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.

— Bill Laswell

Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes…

— Zooey Deschanel

To make a genuine record, it takes more than a cool beat and some auto tune.

— Borns

“They're events you remember all your life, like your first real orgasm. And the whole purpose of the absurd, mechanically persistent involvement with recorded…

— Lester Bangs

A lot of times, when you record something, the album becomes less about the music and more technical.

— Lou Barlow