Argument Quote by Keith Fullerton Whitman

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

— Bill Laswell

“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

The great thing about a record is it frees your imagination; it gives your eyes a rest and lets your mind wander. There's the…

— Henry Mancini

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

To listen only to records is a sin of narcissism. It is important to hear live music, in concert, which is a source of…

— Joaquin Rodrigo

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

— Mel Torme

What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a…

— Walter Becker

In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments.

— John McLaughlin

Records are very powerful promotional tools to go out and be able to play on the road, but you do have to think about…

— Lyle Lovett

Records are made to be broken. It is in man's nature to continue to strive to do just that.

— Richard Branson

A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at…

— Will Oldham

It's fun to make records that you want to sit back and listen to yourself.

— Uncle Kracker