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Quotes About Record

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
~ Talib Kweli
I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
~ Freddie Hubbard
I'm the first British artist to have two successive number ones on his own independent label.
~ Dizzee Rascal
We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.
~ Greg Ginn
I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.
~ Teena Marie
To be honest, the search for a label was really weird, because some of the labels that you wouldn't expect to care about stuff like radio formats were the ones that did care. They were like, 'Yeah, we love this record, but what are we going to play on the radio?' And I was like, 'You don't have bands on the radio.'
~ Ryan Ross
I don't care if the record labels survive. The music will survive anyhow.
~ Peter Sunde
Labour has an impressive record of delivery for black Britain.
~ Chuka Umunna
In 29 years, I had recorded over 2 200 songs. I was amazed.
~ Kate Smith
Now everything that you do is written in red or black in Angel Gabriel's book. Not for everyone is this record kept, but only for those who have taken a position of responsibility. There is a Law of Sins, and if you do not fulfil all your obligations, you will pay.
~ G.I. Gurdjieff
The score had stood so long, it had burned into the monitor.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
~ Gavin Bryars
a record has the human touch embedded in the grooves, the stamp of someone who once believed in it.
~ Brett Milano
Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.
~ Brian Eno
Ben had never seen his mother cry before, and it startled him, so he didn't ask again. Right afterward she'd put on her favorite record and played a mysterious song called "Space Oddity," about an astronaut named Major Tom who gets lost in space. She used to listen to the song over and over again. With her eyes closed, she'd place the palm of her hand against the fabric of the speaker, so she could feel it vibrate against her skin.
~ Brian Selznick
The past is gained, secure, and on record.
~ browning robert ii
Mug shot extortion sites turn this sort of thing into a business. Mug shots are public record, but they're not readily available. Owners of mug shot sites acquire the photos in bulk and publish them online, where everybody can find them, then charge individuals to remove their photos from the sites.
~ Bruce Schneier
I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.
~ Bruce Springsteen
Those youngsters go out there and set a record and clinch the pole position. But what do you do if you wreck your car. That record doesn't spend too well.
~ Buck Baker
Let anyone who finds them credible believe the stories told by the Egyptians. For my part, I have made it a rule throughout this account to record, just as I hear them, the traditions of the various nations.
~ Herodotus
Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off. Did he expect anything different? Hey, I didn't kick or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you...
~ Ilona Andrews
My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.
~ Roger Penrose
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
~ John Engler
I think I was the youngest, fastest-promoted buyer in the history of Bloomingdale's.
~ Mickey Drexler