Josh Groban Quotes

The whole thing with recording is you have to know when to turn off the tape machine and just stop recording because you want to keep fixing, fixing, fixing, you know?

I don't believe in making a record and rushing it.

I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.

It don't matter who I'm working with. I just feel like I want to make the best record possible.

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

I would give anything if it went back to analog age. I mean, music was so real, and you had to sing everything on a record; you had to play everything on a record. There was no cut-and-paste - you couldn't get the chorus right one time and then paste it every other time; you really had to be good at what you did.

When you're a producer on top of that, just havin' a beat that's hot is not enough. Now you know your sound, 'cause you've been workin' on your sound for so long, and now you're extra picky. You might do a beat that's ill, that the average rapper would pay big money to get on, but you don't wanna do it because you're like, "Ehhh... it's not what I'm looking for, it's not what I'm goin' for." So you're extra picky.

I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.

I just want to give people the best album that I possibly can.

You're supposed to be a control freak when you're an artist. That's the whole point of having a vision: Why have one if you're not going to protect it?

I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.

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?

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.

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

I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.

You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.

I always ask for more takes. I like doing takes, so I'll do as many as I can.

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

Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'

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 believe in Danny Boyle. I really do. I know that he's not going to pull the trigger on something if it's not right.

I'm a perfectionist, and I'm not going to let the world hear a record until it's ready.

When you mix a record that someone else is on, you've got to send it to them. They've got to like the mix, you got to like the mix, the producer's got to like the mix. Too many people are involved!

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.