I really want to make a great record, like my 'Rumours' or 'Thriller.'
I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.
There's certain songs that you're gonna record that you hope to touch people and change lives, and there's certain songs that you know that are not going to be that serious.
I want a hit. I don't think anybody spends 12 months writing and recording an album, making something cool, and says, 'Great, I hope this doesn't sell.' I don't understand that mind-set. I want hits: a big bunch of them.
When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to do a gospel album.
I think what I always want whenever I'm recording is to have even just 2 percent of what the Alabama Shakes have, Brittany Howard.
Back in the day people made music to go on tour. They didn't make music to make a video.
I don’t need the money. I don’t care if I make a dime on this. Let me make a good record.
When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.
I've never been ambitious about recording.
You want to put out a record that you feel is exactly as you want it. Nobody wants to tour for two years on a record they don't like.
