Chuck Mangione Quotes

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.

We always record with the whole band. That's key to capturing the feel, especially trying to get a good basic track.

Being in a recording studio is a very different feel from performing onstage. I mean, obviously, you can't just go in and do what you would do onstage. It reads differently.

We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is this huge room where the sound is reflected but the reflection is so late and comes from so far away that it doesn't blur the music but gives you a room nonetheless.

I love recording music.

Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because Scott Harding did a great job mixing it. He's really a killing engineer.

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance.

The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal.

Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows.

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.

The tracks on 'Sleep' were recorded live to 2-track. I did a fadeout or two of them, but that's really it.

I just love playing live.

I have a lot of songs, and I'd love to do some more recording with the band.

I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.

Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.

We all record together. We do it live; then, after that, we do overdubs, if we need to, to repair stuff. Usually when we do stuff, we have to make sure we get the bass and drums down, and by doing it live, you're actually playing the song. You're not piecing together a song.

When I first started recording music, I was actually singing about microphones, equipment, recording.

A lot of bands, they take a lot of planning to do a live record. They have to hire a crew, and they have to have a recording truck and all this equipment, and they record every single show.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

A live album is a no-brainer.

Yeah, playing live for me is the essence of what we do.

I've always loved to play live.

When Josh and I are recording a record, we're very mindful of how the music will manifest itself live. That's where we have to live every day. When we tour for the next record, I imagine there will be a new story to tell, and we'll introduce new characters.