We have never understood why men mount the heads of animals and hang them up to look down on their conquerers. Possibly it feels good to these men to feel superior to animals, but does it not seem that if they were sure of it they would not have to prove it? Often a man who is afraid must constantly demonstrate his courage and, in the case of the hunter, must keep a tangible record of his courage.
Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?
People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
If a piece requires some specific inflection, I'll record it. I take a lot of notes, and later categorize them, combining them alongside existing ideas, and eventually put a piece together.
I'm not going to limit myself in ways to compose or how I should record. You just do what you can with what you've got at the moment.
That's almost the best part, making the record cover.
Touring has been a new part of my life in a lot of ways. We've just been touring massively since the record came out and before. Learning how to write while all that is going on is a new thing.
Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.
The record of one's life must needs prove more interesting to him who writes it than to him who reads what has been written.
It don't take me no three days to record no album.
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is my gift from God.
You're only as good as your record collection.
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.
The feature film business, the studio film business, feels to me like there's just nowhere else to go. It's like a record that's just skipping at the end, with the needle stuck in the run-out groove.
I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.
Sometimes you hate your music, sometimes you don't. Sometimes I listen to the record and it's really hard for me, and other times I listen to it and I give myself a pat on the back.
I have a huge record and cd collection of all kinds of great classical, jazz and all music but I find the internet very accessible and quick.
I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.
We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.
It takes so long to make a record and then it takes so long again to release it.