Music Production Quotes

“Trent Reznor was very specific about what he wanted. He wanted to trim the fat, and a lot of my parts were considered fat.”

“You can do things with computers that you can't do with anything else. It's a unique instrument.”

“We just make tracks, and then we think about how they fit together later. We never think about albums.”

“I feel like I'm the last of a dying breed of producers that are really hands-on.”

“The studio is an instrument in itself.”

“Dub is a process. It's about deconstruction and reconstruction. It's about space.”

“I think that producing is a lot like being a psychologist.”

“The technology has become so user-friendly that it's now a tool that's really at your fingertips.”

“For us, the studio is a laboratory, not a factory.”

“I wanted to make records that you could hear the guitar on.”

“Technology has changed music. You can do things in a home studio now that used to require a huge budget.”

“I think the iPhone is a classic, you know, it’s a standard.”

“We never did anything that we thought was bad.”

“I used to think that to be a producer, you had to be a musician. But you don't. You just have to be a good listener.”

“When you're producing, you have to serve the song and the artist. It's not about your ego.”

“I've never pretended to be a musician. I'm a pop svengali, a producer.”

“My job as a producer is to make the artist's dream come true.”

“For me, the studio is an instrument.”

“A good producer has to be a good psychologist.”

“To be a hitmaker, you have to be in tune with what's happening.”