Alan Parsons Quotes

T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.

I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers.

Our job as producers is to make the music sound as good as possible.

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 have a company in New York City producing music for commercials, for radio, TV, features, etc. That's how I've been making my living. And now the company is very successful - to the extent that I can afford to come out and play.

I swear, there is Capitol Studios and then there's every other studio on the planet Earth. It is the ultimate, paramount of sound in the United States of America. It is a magical place.

I think the sound that I have had on all the records that I've been a part of have been important and special.

If all the elements are in place, you should get 80 percent of what a song has to offer no matter how you hear it, whether on headphones or on the radio.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive.

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

It's lovely being a producer. It's really a lot of fun and I can learn a lot.

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.

Music is composed on computers and other electronic equipment; producers don't want to spend money on orchestra.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

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

On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things.

I love sending stuff to Usher because it always sounds better than me.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

The studio that we mix in is still in Chicago.

When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing.