#cord

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#demos #got #i #money #publishing

If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#i #lot #made #more #over

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. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#big #big ideas #certain #certain way #culture

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#arranger #british #does #hale #records

The difficult thing about a pop record is that you're given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between 3 minutes fifteen seconds and three minutes forty-five seconds. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#between #choruses #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing

Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#going #i #moved #really #record

Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#happiest #minds #moments #poetry #record

When I think about the songs I might record, I ask myself, 'Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?' ↗

— Blake Shelton

#anybody #ask #back #cranking #home

I love organization, so I split my clothes into two closets according to seasons. ↗

— Kiernan Shipka

#closets #clothes #i #i love #into

Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music. ↗

— Peter Tork

#blues #bringing #credit #dedicated #deserves