Record Quotes

“If a record takes more than a week to make, somebody's fucking up.”

“I have a stellar record. I'm the first sheriff in the history of this county to get re-elected four times.”

“I use the microphone to explore social situations.”

“The recording process should be transparent. It shouldn't get in the way of the music. The band should be comfortable, and the engineer should be a friend.”

“Making a record is a documentary process. It’s a documentary of a moment in time.”

“I thought we were making an album like any other album. I didn't know it was going to be my last.”

“For me, the performance is in the studio. The performance is on the tape.”

“Every record is made to be broken.”

“My record is not going to be beaten because the man who wants to beat it will have to score two goals per game.”

“The microphone is a musical instrument. It's an instrument of translation.”

“The microphone is a cruel and revealing instrument.”

“You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, however much you titivate it electronically.”

“A record is a snapshot of a performance, not a document.”

“Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if I had played straight basketball.”

“My record is there to be broken, but I don't think it ever will be.”

“Recording is a different art from concert performance; it demands a different kind of perfection.”

“The microphone is an ear without a brain, it doesn't judge. It lets everything in.”

“Records are meant to be broken. It's the nature of the sport.”

“My theory has always been that you should make a record of music that you've been playing for some time.”

“The recording studio is a very unforgiving place.”