Day Quote by Steve Albini

I used to not really know any other people when I was young that wanted to play music - that's why I learned everything…

— Matt Berry

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their…

— Scott Weiland

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And…

— Jon Secada

I think it goes back to me being a recording mixer and engineer. Because of all the technology now you can make music yourself…

— J. J. Cale

My profession is called record production.

— Tony Visconti

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

— Chet Faker

In music you can find your own niche. You can do what you want to do. There is really no job description. You have…

— Hilary Hahn

I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody…

— Keith Richards

While making any record, you look for the opportunity to bring someone who will help generate something special in the music environments you create.

— Michael McDonald

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

— Kieran Hebden

A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that…

— Mitski

Being a guy who was a geek with tape machines in the early days and really interested in how records get made, I was…

— Lee Ranaldo