Pete Waterman Quotes

Of course, I want to sell records, and of course I want to get played on radio, but it has to be about making the record that I'm proud of.

Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right.

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

I write all the time, but you just want to be careful what you put out. That's all. You want to have the confidence that you've done what you need to do to it, because otherwise it's an exercise in vanity.

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

I've never made a record that I'm ashamed of.

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.

I just want to keep saturating the market and radio with as many hit records as I can.

I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?

Sometimes, I make 50 songs and pick out the best 10. I've been in the studio all day, all night, making the beat, writing the raps. You never know what's gonna be a hit.

And of course, the musician - if he's serious - always answers: My last album is my best, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.

As a producer, you're pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

At the end of the day, it's making sure that we're proud of the music we put out there and feel that we put out a good product for our fans when all is said and done.

People send me records, and if don't like them, I won't do them; I don't care how much money you offer.

I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.

I think the days of just filling the time and putting a disc out is over, and I'm glad, because those are some of my least favourite records.

You always wanna make the best record you ever made, and if I feel like I didn't do that, I wouldn't put it out.

I really don't want to put more than a couple of records out a year, and I think that makes sense - on an artistic level, but also for my label.

I listen to so much music every day, so that's such a big part of my life. To be able to pursue that and put out my own stuff is definitely a goal. I don't want to put something out that I'm not proud of because I think it's so easy to say, 'I'm an actress/musician.'

I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.

I saw 'Rolling Stone' magazine once, and they were talking about the top 50 songs, and there wasn't one Sly song; how does that happen? But, Sly isn't the type to brown nose for props. He's always known what he had, what he was capable of; I'm just proud that he took the time and effort to put it to music.

I think there is something to be said for churning things out. Motown churned out hits and there is nothing wrong with that.

I've never been one of those 'quantity' guys. I'm not one of those guys who puts out a record every year whether it's any good or not.

I try to deliver because I don't believe that people are deliverin' the same quality of albums.