Keith Jarrett Quotes

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio.

I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.

I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.

I'm a huge fan of home recording. I think it levels the playing field. You don't need $100,000 to record a studio CD.

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.

Having my own studio at home is a dream, as I have a totally sound-proof room I can escape to when I need to write, and I have an impeccable room to record in.

It doesn't matter if you record with a microphone on a laptop or at a friend's house. Now it's more of a danger of things sounding too high-fi than sounding too low-fi.

I work out of my home studio that I built in this warehouse in Philadelphia. I've kind of curated it for my needs and my sound.

I have my own studio that I sing in.

Being able to have a home studio is the greatest thing ever.

I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet.

I can record auditions from my office in my home.

I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.

I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.

I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.

The room is the most important thing about recording.

Recording studios are interesting; a lot of people say - and I agree - that you should have a lot of wood in a recording studio. It gets a kind of a sweeter sound.

I bought some equipment and then I started recording real heavy, in my room, when I was like 16.

It's amazing what you can do in your bathroom! I would do vocals and stuff on my computer that would need to be sent to London or New York for things to be added on, and I was thinking they always say you sound good in the bathroom - but then I'd kick the bin, or someone in the next room would flush the chain or something and I'd be like 'oh no!'

When I first started recording music, we would record in the closet with socks on the mic.

I started writing and recording, at a very basic level, just in my own bedroom.

I do have a little setup at home. I use Pro Tools and a Neumann mic. Neumann's are my favorite.

It used to be you would need a couple grand to make a record at a studio. Now, you can do it on freaking GarageBand.

I've built an 8-track studio in my house that's virtually identical to what they used at Abbey Road, and I also own the 16-track set-up that Led Zeppelin used to record 'Houses of the Holy.' I'm interested in producing, but I'm mostly recording my own stuff.

I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?