Events Quote by Justin Vernon

A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.

— Norah Jones

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

— Bill Laswell

That memory of making the record is a huge part of the record itself.

— Joel Plaskett

All records are riddles, and whatever you may want people to think it's about, it may just be throwing them off. And you don't…

— Tom Waits

“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

Mere recording of an event will not make it a historical document. It will become obsolete with time. Only those that emotionally connect with…

— Ilaiyaraaja

I think records are irrelevant, but I'm being approached about it all the time. If I could avoid it, that would be great.

— John Stockton

I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.

— Tracy Chapman

Records can ruin you. That's why it's important to be as intimately familiar as possible with the history of recorded music, I guess. In…

— Keith Fullerton Whitman

Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if…

— Elliott Erwitt

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

— Jon Hopkins

The idea of the record is that it's a statement for working with a group, of a collaborative work. That should be visible in…

— Pantha du Prince