Phil Ramone Quotes

• Substance should outweigh perfection.

  Phil Ramone

  Perfection, Substance, Should

  Phil Ramone (2007). “Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music”, p.68, Hachette UK

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• It's important not to be afraid ego-wise to share your information.

  Phil Ramone

  Wise, Ego, Important

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• If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there've been things that are long-lasting, it's because those artists took the time and we built an idea.

  Phil Ramone

  Artist, Ideas, Long

  Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. December 17, 2003.

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• I gotta think that one that becomes a philosophy of work, which is "no excuses."

  Phil Ramone

  Philosophy, Thinking, No Excuses

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director.

  Phil Ramone

  Directors, Records, World

  "Grammy-winning producer Phil Ramone dies at 79", www.foxnews.com. March 30, 2013.

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• If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast.

  Phil Ramone

  Years, Done, Sticks

  Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. December 17, 2003.

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• Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.

  Phil Ramone

  Rudeness, Tolerate

  "Phil Ramone Looks Back at His Legendary Career in Expansive 1996 Billboard Interview". Interview with Paul Verna, www.billboard.com. 1996.

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• Don't speak if you don't have to about trivia. The time for joking comes because of the trust, and you have to earn the trust. So, I don't alibi for anything, and I'll take the heat. That's the other thing. Don't let them take the heat. We take the heat.

  Phil Ramone

  Trivia, Heat, Speak

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's a lot about New York that is unique, and there's always a culture and a subculture going on everywhere.

  Phil Ramone

  New York, Unique, Culture

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