Robbie Robertson Quotes

Making records should be fun.

For the most part, I like to record music as I write it.

Have I learned something from making records? Yeah, I've learned a lot, because I've not only made eleven of my own records, I've also probably produced that many records for other artists, and then I've probably played on, or been a large part of another eleven records with other people.

To me, making records isn't work.

My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them.

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 definitely like making music in the studio, but I never had it out to make a CD specifically.

It's no secret that my favorite part of the process is making records; if I'm not making them with Flatts, then I'm out producing them on other folks.

I'm so into making music and being behind the scenes. I'm such a visionary person that I don't see myself being the person in front of the camera or the person in front of the mic.

If you listen to my early music, I didn't know how to mix. I barely knew how to record for real, and I didn't care.

When you finish a record, I look at it like a photograph. It's already taken. You got it the way you wanted it to be. You edit it, make sure the light and contrast are right, then you just put it away, and that's your photograph. Then you don't really think about it anymore.

My first love is making records, and whatever's necessary in order for me to achieve that, I'll learn how to do it.

I just record whenever I can, whenever I'm home, whenever I have access to something that can make music.

I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

I have to make rock records occasionally.

I love putting the music together. It's like art.

I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

I love the magic of the studio.

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task.

I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.

I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and computers. I'm much more about what I'm hearing and what it needs to be like. I deal with songs and ideas and instruments.

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.