Complicated Quote by Leo Ornstein

I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can…

— Will Oldham

Interested listeners have only to hear the recording to find out if those guys, who go to such pains to undervalue my work, are…

— Bill Dixon

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard as musicians…

— Chino Moreno

Before there were any sort of 'recordings' there was performance. If we are devolved back to the Stone Age tomorrow, there will be performance.

— Todd Rundgren

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

— Evan Parker

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.

— Paul Lansky

A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music.

— Moby

My favorite recordings are the ones that feel like there were no middlemen in the creation. That's the biggest problem with most films and…

— M. Ward

I think the sound that I have had on all the records that I've been a part of have been important and special.

— Vinnie Paul

Every time I hear a recording I've made, I hear all kinds of things I could improve or things I should have done. There's…

— Charlie Parker

It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.

— Frankie Valli

I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded.

— Beck