"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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"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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"When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves."

Mike Shinoda, American Musician

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"The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show."

Tom Chapin, American Musician

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"My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut."

Dick Dale, American Musician

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"Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

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

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

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"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."

Adam Jones, American Musician

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"All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something."

Tom Verlaine, American Musician

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

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

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"I think I sound like Barry White."

Gloria Gaynor, American Musician

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"My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away."

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"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."

Music

"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."

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"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

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

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"I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman."

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"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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"When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves."

"The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show."

"My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut."

"Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes."

"The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it."

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

"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."

"All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something."

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

"I think I sound like Barry White."

Explore more quotes by Jerry Harrison

"My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away."

"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."

"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."

"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

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

"I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman."

"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."

"For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right."

"I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company."

"The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song."