Figures Quote by Mike Tucker

People are renovating places and opening ambitious new venues. That's one thing that music does. It gets people out of their houses, and gets…

— David Byrne

When I go to shows, I'm really looking forward to hearing the songs I know. I don't like it when a band tries to…

— Fred Durst

I think there are ways a place can sneak its way into a song, or a feeling that you take into the studio.

— Taylor Goldsmith

Don't even go to the studio if you don't think that your music's going to do something. You're wasting your time and my time.

— Rakim

I work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio.

— Nick Lowe

There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out…

— Ian Astbury

Either I'm really into the organizing, or I'm really into the music. As I've been going, I've been able to figure out ways to…

— Boots Riley

At the end of the day music is a grind. You're constantly working at it and even with playing shows as well. If your…

— James Vincent McMorrow

A lot of producers always say "what direction are you going in?" and I don't know. I'm just doing music. Right now it's going…

— Ginuwine

I'm a big fan of new production techniques and new sounds. That's kind of what has been my focus out here; making sure that…

— Guillermo E. Brown

You've got to put interesting people around you; you've got to work with people who are gonna inspire you to take the songs you've…

— Dave Gahan

I actually always wanted to end up somewhere in music, I just didn't know what.

— Lil Xan