• "If you had a sign above every studio door saying, ‘This Studio is a Musical Instrument,’ it would make such a different approach to recording."

    Brian Eno

  • "The only music I don’t like is bad music."

    Quincy Jones

  • “I don’t think comfort is good for music. It’s good to come out with skinned knuckles after wrestling with something you can’t see. When you’re in that place, you can dance on a broken ankle.”

    Tom Waits

  • ”All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.”

    David Bowie

  • “The closer you get to your ideal, the less original you sound.”

    Elvis Costello

  • “You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.”

    Nina Simone

  • “Don't let your cool stand in the way of being soulful. Life is too short.

    Butch Walker

  • "get the spirit moving. The ass will follow"

    Damon Moon