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It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.
As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.
I always liked records that didn't explain themselves too well - ones that you had to listen a few times.
I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.
I remember the first time I dropped a couple of house records, someone threw an Air Force One in my face.
When I started half.com, our three biggest competitors were Borders, Tower Records and Blockbuster Video.
People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another.
I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.
If people really like your music but you're not selling so many records, I don't think it really matters.
The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of-Christ's birth.
I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'
There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
I think it's just a conglomerate of everybody's influences that comes out on the record, and live as well.
It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.
The Internet has killed the traditional record business, but it's given back in the way of instant access.
I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.
Hillary's [Clinton] policies on climate change are a problem too. We ignore her track record at our peril.
It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.
There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.
Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.
Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
Keeping my family out of prison best I can. That is success to me. I created that without selling records.
I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.
I think 'Slippery When Wet' was the turning point, where our records represent our energy that we do live.
The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.
Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.
I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.
I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.
Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.
You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.
Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.
Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.
Some records are going to be bigger than others. You're always going to be compared to your biggest record.
I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to.
I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.
The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology.
I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.
I remember ordering records out of the Dischord catalog in the '80s, and there would be a handwritten note.
Nothing's handed to you on a silver platter. Everything takes work, no matter how many records you put out.
I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.
We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.
My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.
I'm dissatisfied with every record the Beatles ever f***ing made. There ain't one of them I wouldn't remake.
If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented.
People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way.
I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.