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"What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much."
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"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."

"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."

"I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space."

"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

"I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice."

"Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound."

"Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace."

"The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great."
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"Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs."


"If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics."


"I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it."


"We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive."


"If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try."
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