Ability Quote by Jon Landau

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

— 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 the critical…

— Jon Landau

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

— 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 is the…

— 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 was first…

— 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. The melodies…

— 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 been continuous…

— 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 more overtly…

— Jon Landau

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

— Jon Landau

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

— Jon Landau