24 Quotes by Alan Parsons

In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.

Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.

That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.

I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample.