Sound Preference Quotes

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.

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.

There's certain little sounds that I just like to hear.

When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear.

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.

I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.

I don't like party music. I like emotional music.

The only type of music I don't like is Dixieland jazz. It's just a little too happy and noisy for me. I like intervals and spaces in my music. There's just something about Dixieland.

I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music.

I've always loved the sound of female vocals.

I just tend toward more lush, full sounds in my productions. I don't have any preference when it comes to analogue versus digital; I use what's best for the application. Analogue synthesis is nice, but it's just one tool among many, and it has its place.

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds.

The world likes trap and EDM unless it's a fire melody.

Let there be bass.

They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

It's probably listening to country music that got me to start playing a lot cleaner, not as distorted.

First and foremost, Howard Cosell is sports. There are all these people, these fans, who claim that when Cosell does a game on television, they turn off the sound on the TV and listen to the radio broadcast. Oh, sure. You probably know critics in your neighborhood who vow the same thing. Well, too bad for them.

I wasn't into jazz so much - I preferred things raw.

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.

Analog sounds so much better. I frankly can't listen to digital audio for more than a few hours without really starting to hate what I'm listening to. Even decent 24-bit digital resolution really irritates me after a while.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

I like the natural sound of a room. All the rooms have their own sound, so it's a matter of putting it where you like and seeing what it sounds like.

Sometimes I hear records that are being recorded at the absolute highest quality, and I just don't like the sound of it.