Zooey Deschanel Quotes

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

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.

When you get to know an artist, you find out the things that have peeved them over the years, and it's generally the stuff that has to do with somebody not wanting to do things their way in the studio.

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

The world has changed a lot since I started making records.I used to go into a studio and there were songs there, chosen for me to see if I liked them. I wasn't encouraged to write.

Every time you go in and make a record it is like a calling card, not so people can come and hear you live or are interested in your catalog.

When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.

I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.

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?

It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's never what you as an artist feel is right for you.

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

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 started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.

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

The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.

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

I don't make records to win awards. I make records to make records and hopefully make the records as good as they can be.

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'm ruthlessly picky when it comes to the crafting of an album, the choosing of musicians, the right mikes, the right studios. There was a time when it was, 'whatever you want.' Then, as you learn a little bit more about your tastes, I don't give in to that kind of thing.

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

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 try and manufacture recordings to sound spontaneous. Then, some things are spontaneous.