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I think good-looking naked lad...

I think good-looking naked ladies turn on the majority of men.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

The band cannot sign to anothe...

The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

I'm only interested in working...

I'm only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band's own perception of their music and existence. If you commit yourselves to that as a tenet of the recording methodology, then I will bust my ass for you.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

I do not want and will not tak...

I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. I think paying a royalty to a producer or engineer is ethically indefensible. The band write the songs. The band play the music. It's the band's fans who buy the records. The band is responsible for whether it's a great record or a horrible record. Royalties belong to the band. I would like to be paid like a plumber. I do the job and you pay me what it's worth.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Toast is bread made delicious ...

Toast is bread made delicious and useful. Un-toasted bread is okay for children's sandwiches and sopping up barbecue sauce, but for pretty much all other uses, toast is better than bread. An exception is when the bread is fresh from the oven, piping hot, with butter melting all over it. Then it's fantastic, but I would argue that bread fresh out of the oven is a kind of toast. Because I'm an asshole and I refuse to be wrong about something.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Im busy doing my job, and bein...

Im busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesnt appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

There won't ever be a mass-mar...

There won't ever be a mass-market record industry again, and that's fine with me because that industry didn't operate for the benefit of the musicians or the audience, the only classes of people I care about.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

The single best thing that has...

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free,

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Record labels, which used to h...

Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself to the world is extremely democratic and there are no barriers. Music is no longer a commodity, it's an environment, or atmospheric element. Consumers have much more choice and you see people indulging in the specificity of their tastes dramatically more. They only bother with music they like.

Steve Albini 81 quotes

There is a lot of use of ProTo...

There is a lot of use of ProTools in professional studios, but this is mostly for the special effects it allows, not for sound quality. These special effects soon fall out of fashion, and I don't think this trend will define studios permanently

Steve Albini 81 quotes

I moved to Chicago in 1980 to ...

I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Many rock musicians are excell...

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Buy groceries and feed yoursel...

Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Make no mistake about it: once...

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed

Steve Albini 81 quotes

It betrays hubris on the part ...

It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this

Steve Albini 81 quotes

By now all rock bands are wise...

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum

Steve Albini 81 quotes

We have no general conceptual ...

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design

Steve Albini 81 quotes

If the label presents them wit...

If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is wait. There are a hundred other bands willing to sign the exact same contract, so the label is in a position of strength

Steve Albini 81 quotes

Doubt the conventional wisdom ...

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment

Steve Albini 81 quotes

I don't think anyone has exhau...

I don't think anyone has exhausted the range of sound possible in a conventional rock band, but people do become slaves to their own easiest techniques

Steve Albini 81 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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