Elliott Smith Quotes

I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.

Jeff always had a huge part in making a song a record. You felt like you were capturing lightning in the studio. It was never boring. He always was there to serve the song.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.

I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

I wrote 'Despacito' with my guitar, but where you can tweak a lot is in the production.

It's rare when you stumble upon this amazing melody. We'd love to make a 'Let Me Love You' every time we go into the studio, but it's definitely a special one.

When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

I'm always working on new music.

It takes so much energy and time to make one song perfect.

Everyone thought my first album would be instrumental, but I didn't want to do it - it took me eight months to make.

Recording and performing 'Replay' was a learning process throughout, as we focused on the details.

When I'm making a record, I'm trying to take people through different moods.

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

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

I write my music.

It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, and I make something you can just vibe to.