John Oates Quotes

I was always a little bit afraid because I found out at a very early age that once you make a record, all the mistakes and all the good things are there for eternity.

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 could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record. I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

I like to make great albums.

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.

I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down... Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head and I record them, and that actually becomes a song quite a lot of the time.

Yes, alas, I've been on some recording sessions where the music wasn't good. Not so many, really, considering how many I've done. It's a very awkward situation because to do a recording well you focus on the positive of what will make the piece better.

I've always wanted to make a record.

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

I used to think that all great recordings happened at about 3 A.M.

To me, making records isn't work.

I'm not an expert in instruments, beat programming, or electronics. For some people it's all about doing it themselves. But for me, it's all about find the people that can help make my vision come true.

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.

I still love making records, and I'm able to do it because I own my own studio, and I try to do it as much as possible.

My entire life, I wake up, and at some point in the afternoon, I head toward some kind of musical recording device. My entire life.

Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'

I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'

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

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

I could make records at home in a vacuum, but that is not the situation. I'm just taking it one phase at a time.

You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.

I love to be in the studio. That's what I like to do best.

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