I don't ever land on an album title until I know exactly what's going on the record, because you never know until it's all said and done.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create another Bon Iver record, and I'm just not there.
I want to learn - there's so much I have to learn about what it takes to be a recording artist, about what it takes to go on tour.
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad.
A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.
I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.
I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records.
I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special.
The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.
All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.
One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one.
There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in case there is something wrong with what they wrote about them in the papers.
I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid.
Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.
There's not a platinum record hanging in my house anywhere. It doesn't exist here. I'm over it. They're all in the garage, wrapped up in bubblewrap.
One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director.
I have to admit that I was a little nervous when I showed up for my first official 'Wreck-It Ralph' recording session.
