Almost Quote by Rick Rubin

When you go into the whole realm of creating your own music and seeing the project through, it's increasingly difficult because nowadays a lot…

— Ahmed Gallab

When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for seven years…

— Elvis Costello

The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.

— John Darnielle

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they…

— Steve Albini

Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good songs. They have to have a certain…

— Bonnie Raitt

I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they're…

— Taylor Swift

There's an anxiety of wanting to please the studios. You want to prove to them that you can do it and sometimes you might…

— Justin Lin

You're letting such a fragile side of yourself out when you're creating or writing music. To do that with people who are almost strangers…

— Alex Kapranos

It's funny when you start writing an album and then recording - the songs begin to take on a spirit of their own. Once…

— Matt Shultz

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

— Davey Havok

One problem with a lot of musicians is that they remove themselves in a studio and make a record and assume people are going…

— Moby

I know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones…

— Paolo Nutini