Being there Quote by Erol Alkan

We like to wait to a point where we have to get in there and write a record because we're just so built up.

— M. Shadows

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 realized how important it was to have a good team - manager, attorney and label. It's not just about putting out a record…

— Wayne Static

It's definitely a joy when you make a record to know you are doing it for the right reasons: You want to do it…

— Curt Smith

And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at…

— Alanis Morissette

I sit with the intention to write a record.

— Lisa Marie Presley

It's really important for me to have a record which has a strong narrative feel to it.

— Jon Hopkins

I knew I wasn't going to write a record as soon as I got signed, because I hadn't had any life experiences. I was…

— Eliot Sumner

Sometimes, when you get into a record, it's like writing a book, and you get so far inside the story you can't tell anymore…

— Duff McKagan

It's somewhat of a foreign concept for me to care so much about a record, I really haven't had the personal involvement on anything…

— Mandy Moore

I like the idea of having a living record as you go.

— Amanda Shires

There's always another record, then there's always another person to catch up with or to pass.

— Serena Williams