Quotes About Artistic

I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.

I've always recorded at home. That's been part of what it's about to me. I've never been the kind of guy who rents a studio.

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it.

Japanese Breakfast has recorded a beautiful, ethereal reimagining of 'Head Over Heels.'

I just fell into the Dylanesque idea of recording. He is real fast.

I'm nocturnal when it comes to recording - I'm just more creative at night.

I had a recording contract with Capitol Records. I loved recording and being in that studio. I made four albums.

When you're recording a ninth studio album, you can't fail. You don't really have any fears. You just make the best record that you like. You hope your fans are gonna like it, but if they don't, they have eight other ones to listen to.

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.

It is important to know that what I do is not artistic. I am just a film-maker. I live how I live and I do what I do, which is recording moments of my life as I move ahead. And I do it because I am compelled to. Necessity, not artistry, is the true line you can follow in my life and work.

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.

I always thought that I would have a recording career.

I'm always writing my own music, recording my own music, even if I am 9/10 of the time recording stuff for other people. I'm still working on my own creative endeavors.

When I first started recording music, I was actually singing about microphones, equipment, recording.

I don't get a big recording budget or much promotion, but I have creative freedom.

I never really work on just one CD - I'm recording, recording.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees.

I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.

All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel.

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre.