Sherman Alexie Quotes

I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.

I was thinking about how a playlist is really so inadequate as opposed to a mixtape because it takes seventeen days to really make a mixtape with a homemade cover that you like and that you'd give away.

I don't really do playlists. I don't know how to make a playlist, honestly.

I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period.

I love arranging my music, not in alphabetical order but by mood, creating playlists for when I have energy and want to work out or go-out party mixes and music to chill out to.

So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don't think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to.

I have about 100 gigs of music, and I'm always going through thinking about what song I can match to a scene and all that.

Initially, in starting to pick the songs for the live show, it was really a matter of picking songs that I loved over the years. As far as the album goes, it happened very naturally.

It's hard being the guy that brings in a song, because you're very, you know, it can be something that you get too sensitive about.

There are all kinds of mix tapes. There is always a reason to make one.

I hate to be general, but I rely on Andrew Keenan-Bolger for all things music. Every season, he releases a mixtape on his blog of the most incredible and current music. I download it instantly, and it gets me through the season and keeps me educated musically.

I only record songs that touch me in some way, ones that I can relate to.

We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.

Radio stations play what they believe is in, and they all talk to each other.

There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.

I think it's important to remember that music supervision is not just about a fantastic record collection or knowledge of music, although that certainly helps for aspiring music supervisors.

I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.

When I think about putting together an album, the process of listening to hundreds of songs each time and picking out the best 10 or so that will go on the record, it really sinks in as to just how many songs I've listened to all these years.

I made my first mix tape when I was 14.

I always do that for all of my characters. I built a music playlist for her... with songs she really likes.

I love to offer a playlist to the world, almost like being a deejay.

For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first.

This is a public statement: I'm in favor of mixtapes.

Songs are like anything else - they dictate to you which ones go together and which ones don't.

In karaoke, you don't choose the song; the song chooses you.