Record Quotes

You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do.

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour.

All the signs were right. And when I mean all the sings were right, the only signs that we care about when we start a project of making a record is, do we have the songs - it's that simple.

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

Those albums are so important to me because, for the first time, I was making my own music, paying for it, finding strengths in it, and going through the process of finding the right music for the record.

Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.

When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

Then I want to beat Anthony Davis' shot-block record, and I want to win National Player of the Year. I definitely plan to put the work in to accomplish those goals.

I must tell you, to get started today must be very difficult 'cause whatever it takes today is very tough. They have to invest a million dollars in a video just to see if you have a hit record.

So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff.

There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard.

There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves.

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.

I don't think people buy records because of anything that happens on Facebook. They buy records cause they're friends say 'I bought this record and I love it.'

I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by being on the road.

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.

The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn't.

We have record high temperatures and record high energy prices across the country, and we've seen the dangerous effects caused by extreme temperatures in the past.

Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it.