When I first heard Wallace Stevens' voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series.
I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home and play the record.
When I'm at home, I like to put records on, but because I travel a lot, I listen to a lot of music on my iPhone.
But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.
I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
I thought that I held the record of most appearances on the Bob Hope Show, but I think - It's Brooke Shields.
On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong.
How could they call him wacko? He's sold more records than anybody in history.
The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress.
I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.
George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.
The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'
It's easy to put on a Deep Purple record and say, 'That sounds great.' But why? Part of it is individual practice, but by playing together, a talent of meshing happens.
You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.
When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation.
I thought my Beatles LPs sounded pretty good on a record player, but that was before I had heard a CD.
I don't have a good attention span and can't spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting grumpy.
Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.
