Aria Quote by Pauline Oliveros

The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating…

— Giacomo Puccini

I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time,…

— Devendra Banhart

I had opera training for three years, and I have three albums out. I also did a Broadway show. I'm an actor that sings,…

— Jaime Camil

After 'Mosaic,' I think a lot of people didn't know what my next record was going to be. And that's what I love. I…

— Ricky Skaggs

I'm used to writing something, it becomes a record, it comes out. Then I go perform and I play it and I get this…

— Bruce Springsteen

Someone was always trying to put down my individuality and personality, making me sing Mozart arias that were nothing to do with me.

— Kristine Opolais

Nobody heard records of you playing whatever the melody was on those low strings. It worked out good, you know, about 25 or 26…

— Lee Hazlewood

When I produce someone's record I have to remember it's their record..no matter what I bring to it..er, sometimes that's not too easy:) It…

— Robin Guthrie

Sometimes I play something, and I haven't recorded it, and I don't know where it came from, why my hands did what they did,…

— Rick Wright

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

— Josh Turner

Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you…

— Levon Helm

When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.

— David Sanborn