#cord

My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion. ↗

— Jimmy Smith

#came #down #first #guy #heard

If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#astray #church #led #majority #never

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed. ↗

— Kate Smith

#amazed #had #i #over #recorded

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#mental #mental attitude #much #pool #record

I live on the other side of Copernicus and Galileo; I can no longer conceive of God as sort of above the sky, looking down and keeping record books. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#books #conceive #down #galileo #god

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#i #learn #listening #musicians #practice

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#idol #idols #marketing #me #record

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #books #find #go #i

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#angeles #as far as #band #been #columbia

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #each #fire #lights #optimism