But after this last year and dealing with the studio, the rest of us are closer than we've ever been.
In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.
And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part.
I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about.
Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.
The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.
I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.
I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.
A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.
I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.
The single most exciting thing that happened for me was getting to spend some time in the studio with both Marty Stuart and Vince Gill.
I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.
At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.
Norma Desmond: Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount studio.
If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.
Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.
The size of a studio film lets you see technology in a way that you wouldn't on an independent film, like the gadgets and the angles and all that.
Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.
My studio is a laptop. Everybody I work with is the same. We make computer music, we're the laptop generation.
I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
