988 Quotes About Records

The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.

You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.

Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery.

I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.

It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.

Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record

There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and they obviously love it. I'm just happy to be making a record.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.