Simon Le Bon Quotes

I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There's nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great, which CDs can never achieve.

Vinyl's like a really juicy steak compared to like a kind of tough steak or something. It's really good. And once you listen to vinyl and get a chance to hear it, I think anyone will enjoy it more than they will digital.

The digital world is so convenient and nice, but just playing back a vinyl record is a much warmer, hotter, more present feeling.

There's a warmth, obviously, with vinyl that you just don't get with CDs.

There's a lot about records that you cannot feel from a CD.

I play vinyl and CDs. Playing vinyl is the best sound quality you can get playing music loudly, so that's the main reason I do that.

A record is kind of a piece of art itself, and it's such a tangible experience playing an LP end to end.

I love vinyl, man.

It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it instantly. But there's also something glorious about having a record with a sleeve and looking at the artwork, putting it on the turntable and playing it, there's still something romantic to me about that.

I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!

I thought my Beatles LPs sounded pretty good on a record player, but that was before I had heard a CD.

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.

Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.

A friend of mine gave me a Philip Glass record. I listened to it for five hours before I realized it had a scratch on it.

That's what I used to enjoy so much: Bringing a record home, having it arrive in the mailbox. Having the whole experience of hearing it as you're holding it and looking at it and reading the liner notes, if they're anything.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

I didn't have a record player.

Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

Putting a needle on a record is almost like you're making a commitment to listening to something.

I love the sound of vinyl best. My sweetheart and I love to put on a vinyl record, it feels and sounds so much better.

I wanna buy vinyl and I want to listen to records on it. I want to put on 'Dark Side of the Moon' in the dining room while I'm eating pasta or whatever. You know what I mean.

I grew up with vinyl records and remember the pleasure and the kind of buzz that I got from buying a beautiful vinyl record with the sleeve and the lyrics - all that kind of tactile experience that you could get from an old vinyl record.

I'm an audiophile and have been collecting records for as long as I can remember.

Owning vinyl is like having a beautiful painting hanging in your living room. It's something you can hold, pore over the lyrics, and immerse yourself in the art work.