10 Quotes that put Music Production into Perspective

People don’t buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions.

-Scott Young

If it sounds good, it’s good.

-Duke Ellington

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to

keep. -

Scott R. Adams

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to

express the universe in terms of music... The singer has everything

within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered

from outside.

- Rabindranath Tagore

As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I really like to let

go of any rules that may exist.

-Armin van Buuren

You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent

form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down… some sort of

permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.

There is so much technology out there, that you can easily become overwhelmed

by millions of buttons and the infinite possibilities the best technology or setups can provide. Instead, get yourself a small set up that cannot accommodate you fully. Your goal should be to master every tool

you have to the point that you wish it could offer more, THAT’S when you can upgrade by adding more to your setup.

-Pharell Williams

To be a great producer, music has to be a big

part of your soul. And when

it comes to making music, if I could invent a

way to get it from my heart

into yours, without doing all that hard work, I

would be very happy.

-Brian Wilson

With music, you're working with a producer, and you walk out of the studio six hours later with a track that's almost completely

finished. There's an almost immediate payoff.

-Matisyahu

For every hour of

recording,

have two hours of laughter in the studio.

-Quincy Jones