BJ the Chicago Kid Quotes

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.

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

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

I didn't have a lot to do with the first record.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.

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.

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

I don't concentrate on technical things like where a microphone is placed and things like that. As a producer, I try to keep the initial feeling from when I first heard a song and make sure we do what were initially aiming for.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.

Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it.

What happens with writing a song and demoing it, for me the demo always becomes the master.

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

It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.

The way Beyonce works, the song is a jigsaw piece and then she will piece various elements.

Recording and performing 'Replay' was a learning process throughout, as we focused on the details.

When I'm making a record, I'm trying to take people through different moods.

To me, making a CD is like writing a book.

I got a lot of experience for my age. Some artists might take a line or two from a bunch of songs and snip it together and make something, but everything I say I do.

I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you have to do it all.

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

I just continue to look for different material, great material, as good as I can find, and try to go in there and do as good a job as I can do in making it a record. That's all you can expect. That's all that you can do.

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