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"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."
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"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."

"A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth."

"Ruth Cole was a novelist, novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing."

"Speaking about work isn't working."

"Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing."

"You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can't perform."
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"I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records."

"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."

"I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years."

"Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them."

"But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things."

"Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative."

"I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too."
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