Control Quote by Rostam Batmanglij

I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other…

— Jeffrey Wright

And Shanghai is amazing. I'm a fan of science fiction so when you're there in the night with all the lights and all this…

— Berenice Marlohe

I thought about New York but in New York the studio would get crowded with a lot of people. In LA, you look outside…

— J Dilla

Los Angeles is a very magical place when you take the entertainment industry out of it. You have beautiful beaches and amazing mountains here.…

— Alex Pettyfer

I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a…

— Dan Gilroy

Being in L.A. has definitely given me the opportunity to experience how my music sounds in real life because I can drive around and…

— Dave Sitek

I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's…

— Aleksa Palladino

Los Angeles is such a mysterious place because there's so much evil in that city, but there's also so much light. You can be…

— Lykke Li

I have studios in the different places where I live - in Ibiza, Paris and London - but they're not crazy studios, they're just…

— David Guetta

I could never work in a recording studio where you have this lovely view and a beach and the waves are crashing. For me,…

— Madonna Ciccone

I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what…

— Feist

I have the barn, it's just kind of like a studio. Almost all artists have la studio to work in, and that's really what…

— Andrew Bird