Competence is the creed of the technocrat who makes sure the gears mesh but doesn't for a second understand the magic of the machine.
There's a lot of producers that are much more technical or gear-skilled than I am. But I have a pure idea of what I like and where I want to go and I follow that.
I live for now, not for what happens after I die. I'm going to hell, not heaven. The devil has all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns.
Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair.
I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet and I've just always been a cyclist and then I got really into - through messengering - I got really into road bikes and fixed gears.
I've been fortunate to work with companies that I endorse because I love their gear. Whether Music Man, Dunlop, or DiMarizo to me these companies have supported me in such a way that's invaluable.
I've got to play better and contribute more”. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games.
My work throughout my life is always representative of the time we live in. It's all about keeping it in order and keeping it in gear.
I have one speed, I have one gear: go!
I've got a bunch of circuit-bent boxes and things that are controlled by my Mac through a big breakout box. I want to create this total environment where I can bring all this gear to the show but maybe just use one or two elements, if that's what's called for.
Gear is money, and if there's one thing we know about Hollywood, it's that money talks.
I have to go with the approach I had in Triple-A. I need to take a lot of those fastballs I am seeing to left field. Also must gear up for the changeup and take them up the middle.
I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.
When you're in the studio, you've got a narrative for what goes on, you might switch on a bit of gear and it might not work as you intended or come out a bit wrong, and you try and exploit it.
Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have
We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.
You just have to have the right gear and a few people to put you in motion with a good aesthetic and the film will take care of itself.
What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate
One thing that has happened is a revolution in digital consumer recording, and overall, that's a great thing for art, but parallel to that there's been a revolution in boutique audio companies making excellent gear.
Common man has at long last got himself so far out of gear with nature and his environment that he is beginning to see the shape of extinction, whether he recognizes it as such or not.