Bon Scott Quotes

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer.

As a recording engineer - someone who is deeply embroiled in the process of making records every day - you see trends and fads run through the social organization of the population of musicians in the same way that they would run through a high school.

I can't stand making records.

The real producers back in the day didn't sit there and play every single instrument. They made sure the record had the best performance out of everyone involved possible.

They're hard to come by, good producers.

Putting together a hit record is like putting together a puzzle.

Eighty per cent of my time is spent on paperwork, hiring musicians, putting bands together, setting up concerts, and 20 per cent is spent on the music. That's the part that you really enjoy, but you can't afford to spend 80 per cent on your music; otherwise, it's not going to happen.

When I'm not on the road I'm in the studio every day.

When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and the news doesn't specifically affect that.

You do need money to make a good demo; you do need a bit of financial support.

People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them.

A lot of people who work with Dre, you're lucky if anything sees the light of day.

I'm actually going to self-produce my next tape that I'm working on, 'Platinum Frame'. This going to be my second official mixtape.

I really want to produce a record for Mary J. Blige.

A producer gets the whole vision done from top to bottom, to making the record to having the record delivered to the world. That's a producer.

I've been working with a lot of different producers.

To me, as A&R people and as managers, we're in the business of finding talent. It's no different than working with these engineers who just want to make good products.

When I was young, people didn't even really know what a producer was.

It costs so much money to make a record!

I chose producing because I didn't know how to play any instruments.

I've always wanted to produce a whole album for an artist.

Alex Tumay is a recording engineer who works a lot with Young Thug and a load of other rappers, like Quavo. I'm just a fan of his work.

I learned everything about business and about music and stuff from being a second engineer.

When you record an album in six days, you don't have time to work out a lot of stuff.