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Joan Armatrading

"All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together."

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"All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together."

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Akiroq Brost

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

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

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Akiroq Brost

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

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Akiroq Brost

"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."

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Akiroq Brost

"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."

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"I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound."

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"We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound."

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"A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up."

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Akiroq Brost

"Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band."

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Akiroq Brost

"When the picture was finished, they took me into the sound room and then I screamed more for about five minutes just steady screaming, and then they'd cut that in and add it."

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Joan Armatrading
"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."

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Joan Armatrading
"It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it."

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Joan Armatrading
"That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage."

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Joan Armatrading
"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."

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Joan Armatrading
"I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process."

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Joan Armatrading
"I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians."

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Joan Armatrading
"When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time."

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Joan Armatrading
"I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge."

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Joan Armatrading
"All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together."

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Joan Armatrading
"So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing."

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