Johnny Mathis Quotes

Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment.

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget, so I didn't have any budget left to produce this record. I had to produce it myself.

Have I learned something from making records? Yeah, I've learned a lot, because I've not only made eleven of my own records, I've also probably produced that many records for other artists, and then I've probably played on, or been a large part of another eleven records with other people.

I've always wanted to make a record.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

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.

My first love is making records, and whatever's necessary in order for me to achieve that, I'll learn how to do it.

You can never really know what a record's going to be.

Making records is hard work.

I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.

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.

When it comes to music, I am a dictator. Making a Dirty Projectors record come to life is like making a movie; I'm the one that makes the picture, and then we all figure out how to realise it.

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.

I grew up making music in my mum's basement, and I used to tell her I was going down there to work, and she'd say, 'That's not work. Go get a real job!' It took me signing a record deal to change her opinion!

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

And I had such a great working experience with Paul during the 'RAM' album.

People say, 'When are you making this comeback?' I say, 'It's not a comeback, it's a record.' They say, 'Where have you been all these years?' I say, 'I've been making records.'

I'm not a full-fledged producer, but I can be one if I want to really spend my time on straight being a producer.

As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots of wonderful production on both record and onstage, and plenty of volume!

Nothing competes with the buzz of making your own record.