I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.
I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.
You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.
My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.
I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.
I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.
I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.
My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.
It is, we wanted to make a record that reflected our love of Hard-Rock music and it is sort of Metal though we don't really describe ourselves as Metal.
It seems when I put together records, as Henley used to say, they're just like movies. They should have action, tension, love scenes, places to relax.
Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes.
One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.
Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.
I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.
I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.
