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Recordings Quotes

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage Picture Quote #1

There’s something about live recordings now that’s too hi-fi Picture Quote #1

Nimbus is doing a great service with these excellently produced transformations of piano roll recordings Picture Quote #1

I always dress up for recordings Picture Quote #1

I like to stay home and listen to recordings Picture Quote #1

The memories you have are just recordings of things past, not chains to bind you Picture Quote #1

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To me, recordings are little fourth-dimension artifacts, because they already are representatives of past, present, and future, just inherently in their existence Picture Quote #1

There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I’m proud of them, but I’ve no interest in listening to them Picture Quote #1

Throughout the 50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all made their first recordings at the former Memphis Recording Service Picture Quote #1

I’ve been making the recordings for a long time, and I have tons and tons of them. I’m like a digital hoarder or something - everything is on like hard drives and whatever Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if everybody does, but I have a really hard time listening to myself on recordings, unless we’ve spent weeks and weeks and weeks listening and mixing Picture Quote #1

Older recordings just seemed to take me somewhere into my own pre-history. That’s always been an interesting, sort of sphinx-like territory for me to wander around in Picture Quote #1

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I actually started the whole project some years ago with a live debut at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. The focus was mainly on my favorite period of Billie Holiday, which was the late-50s Verve recordings, with essentially a small version of the Count Basie band Picture Quote #1

Geography is crucial for my work. I went to Antarctica and took a studio to several of the main ice fields to make field recordings of ice to create a symphony - acoustic portraits of ice Picture Quote #1

We never got anything out of the recordings. I’m still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers Picture Quote #1

Well, in the sense that we do not tour or record together anymore - then I suppose not. But if our old recordings get heard more we shall be delighted Picture Quote #1

I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke Picture Quote #1

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice Picture Quote #1

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Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I’ve been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound - that pure, clean, pristine sound - and I think it’s probably been the biggest influence on my sound Picture Quote #1

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that’s it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings Picture Quote #1

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I’ve heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven’t even heard Picture Quote #1

I love all holiday music. My two favorites would probably be Donny Hathaway’s This Christmas and Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song. They epitomize Christmas for me. Those two recordings will never be touched. That’s why I’ve never redone them Picture Quote #1

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that’s it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings Picture Quote #1

I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would have loved to record with John Lennon. He was a dear friend. I had lunch with him just two days before he died Picture Quote #1

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When digital technology started becoming the norm, you’ve got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won’t last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear Picture Quote #1

We always get back to old soul singers like Nina Simone, and how her recordings sound. Also new music like Tobacco, or people that use a mixture of analog and electronic music Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of a kind of eternal music, but I didn’t want it to be eternally repetitive, either. I wanted it to be eternally changing. So I developed two ideas in that way. ‘Discreet Music’ was like that, and ‘Music for Airports.’ What you hear on the recordings is a little part of one of those processes working itself out Picture Quote #1

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the library, including motion pictures, photographs, recordings, posters and other historic objects which collectively far outnumber the books] Picture Quote #1

My favorite song as a boy was definitely ‘Downtown’ recorded by Petula Clark. I still love it! And the original cast recording of ‘Gypsy’ I played my mother’s cast recordings until there was no vinyl left Picture Quote #1

I didn’t make my first solo record until 1981 so I don’t have any 60’s or 70’s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record Picture Quote #1

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The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage (Recordings Quotes) There’s something about live recordings now that’s too hi-fi (Recordings Quotes) Nimbus is doing a great service with these excellently produced transformations of piano roll recordings (Recordings Quotes) I always dress up for recordings (Recordings Quotes) I like to stay home and listen to recordings (Recordings Quotes) The memories you have are just recordings of things past, not chains to bind you (Recordings Quotes) To me, recordings are little fourth-dimension artifacts, because they already are representatives of past, present, and future, just inherently in their existence (Recordings Quotes) There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I’m proud of them, but I’ve no interest in listening to them. (Recordings Quotes) Throughout the 50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all made their first recordings at the former Memphis Recording Service (Recordings Quotes) I’ve been making the recordings for a long time, and I have tons and tons of them. I’m like a digital hoarder or something - everything is on like hard drives and whatever (Recordings Quotes) I don’t know if everybody does, but I have a really hard time listening to myself on recordings, unless we’ve spent weeks and weeks and weeks listening and mixing (Recordings Quotes) Older recordings just seemed to take me somewhere into my own pre-history. That’s always been an interesting, sort of sphinx-like territory for me to wander around in (Recordings Quotes) I actually started the whole project some years ago with a live debut at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. The focus was mainly on my favorite period of Billie Holiday, which was the late-50s Verve recordings, with essentially a small version of the Count Basie band. (Recordings Quotes) Geography is crucial for my work. I went to Antarctica and took a studio to several of the main ice fields to make field recordings of ice to create a symphony - acoustic portraits of ice (Recordings Quotes) We never got anything out of the recordings. I’m still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers (Recordings Quotes) Well, in the sense that we do not tour or record together anymore - then I suppose not. But if our old recordings get heard more we shall be delighted (Recordings Quotes) I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke (Recordings Quotes) I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice (Recordings Quotes) Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I’ve been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound - that pure, clean, pristine sound - and I think it’s probably been the biggest influence on my sound. (Recordings Quotes) To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that’s it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings (Recordings Quotes) People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I’ve heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven’t even heard. (Recordings Quotes) I love all holiday music. My two favorites would probably be Donny Hathaway’s This Christmas and Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song. They epitomize Christmas for me. Those two recordings will never be touched. That’s why I’ve never redone them. (Recordings Quotes) To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that’s it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings. (Recordings Quotes) I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would have loved to record with John Lennon. He was a dear friend. I had lunch with him just two days before he died. (Recordings Quotes) When digital technology started becoming the norm, you’ve got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won’t last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear. (Recordings Quotes) We always get back to old soul singers like Nina Simone, and how her recordings sound. Also new music like Tobacco, or people that use a mixture of analog and electronic music. (Recordings Quotes) I like the idea of a kind of eternal music, but I didn’t want it to be eternally repetitive, either. I wanted it to be eternally changing. So I developed two ideas in that way. ‘Discreet Music’ was like that, and ‘Music for Airports.’ What you hear on the recordings is a little part of one of those processes working itself out. (Recordings Quotes) [The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the library, including motion pictures, photographs, recordings, posters and other historic objects which collectively far outnumber the books] (Recordings Quotes) My favorite song as a boy was definitely ‘Downtown’ recorded by Petula Clark. I still love it! And the original cast recording of ‘Gypsy’ I played my mother’s cast recordings until there was no vinyl left. (Recordings Quotes) I didn’t make my first solo record until 1981 so I don’t have any 60’s or 70’s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record. (Recordings Quotes)

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