Darlene Love Quotes

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.

The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.

I've just signed a contract to make records in Nashville. It won't amount to much at first, but after a year or so, I will really be in the money.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.

Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me.

There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova.

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details.

I had just made this album called 'Mind Blow,' a CD-R release on Spirit of Orr. This was in 2003. Quite a few of the songs from 'Was Dead' were actually on that.

I feel like once the song is done, you put it out there and if people want to do bizarre remixes, if people want to make strange videos, great. You know, like chaos theory applied to the music business.

I have been with the record company and Tommy was there doing records with other people.

If I'm not putting out music, I'mma be producing for everybody. I got an artist named Mike Slice. He's nice, and he's real good. I'm doing a bunch of production for all the artists in the industry because I'm as much as a producer as I am an artist.

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.

I never liked making albums.

Playing shows and making records keeps been getting easier and more fun.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Yes; my brother Bobby used to distribute records at King Records. I had a job there, too, packing records up and shipping them off. But I always wanted to play sessions at Stax, so I figured out a way to do it.

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to end up in one of these musical centers, some way, to be viable, saleable and so on.