Joy Quote by Curt Smith

I love making records, and part of really doing that and being happy about it is just that each time I've done something, I…

— Lou Barlow

There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and they obviously…

— Beck

I'm very much of the mindset that if you've made the record you wanted to make and there's nothing about it that you would…

— Elly Jackson

I think it's important when you make a record that you know you're working with the people who are going to get the best…

— Simon Le Bon

I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can…

— Marvin Gaye

I always felt that's why people buy records anyhow is because they get that vicarious excitement and thrill that they don't get unless they…

— Cosimo Matassa

You have to keep the recording process open. If you make too many decisions before you go in, you can lose out on those…

— James Mercer

Most of my records are never going to be commercial successes, and I don't expect that. It's just all a learning process to me.…

— Kathleen Hanna

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at…

— Erol Alkan

People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I…

— Kathleen Edwards

It's all very well making records, but the joy of performing is that you get to meet people who give you instant feedback.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

When I'm making my own record, it's real work for me.

— John Prine