Rick Nielsen Quotes

It's always been difficult to make a good record.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

I'd rather make music than tour.

So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top.

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live.

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.

Making an album is a long process, but it's a fun process.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

I like to make great albums.

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.

I really want to put the emphasis on creating music. I want to cut a record. I want to start going on tour.

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

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.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

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

The records I make, I'm there from the writing of the first note through the click tracks to the miking of the drums to the editing of everything to the production to the vocals to the artwork.

When you do an album, you don't get to test an album live.

'A&E' is one of my favourite songs we've made in terms of the production.

I had a project called 'Cover Art,' which was the first project I did under the new name Anderson .Paak. I went through this process where I was recording new music for about six months straight.