Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.
When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.
Pro Tools was invented to quicken the recording process.
Growing up, we had folk records.
Literature is a writer's secret life recorded in symbols.
Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.
I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.
It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.
Singing is definitely not my forte. I'll put that out there on the record.
I don't know how many records I'm selling.
I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.
Well, I'm a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes.
I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.
I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.
I did play every little note on the guitar on that record.
It's a trip to have a Greatest Hits record. It's a trip.
Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.
There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.
