Jerry Harrison Quotes

• Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument.

  Jerry Harrison

  Taught Us, Use, Brian

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• But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things.

  Jerry Harrison

  Focus, Trying, Way

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• I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out.

  Jerry Harrison

  Thinking, Eclectic Style, Starting Out

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• Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace.

  Jerry Harrison

  Sound, Band, Records

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• For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right.

  Jerry Harrison

  Band, Records, Young

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• I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

  Jerry Harrison

  Thinking, Years, Done

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• My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away.

  Jerry Harrison

  Song, Writing, Sight

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• What's nice about being a producer is you get to roll the dice more often, and you get to be involved with lots of different kinds of music.

  Jerry Harrison

  Nice, Different, Dice

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• The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song.

  Jerry Harrison

  Song, People, Draws

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• Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.

  Jerry Harrison

  Artist, Svengali, Sound

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• I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman.

  Jerry Harrison

  Band, Lovers, Modern

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• Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative.

  Jerry Harrison

  Thinking, Creative, Negative

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• I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.

  Jerry Harrison

  Intuition, Records, Produce

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• It's really exciting working with a new band when you feel like you hit something that's great, and you helped them bring something out.

  Jerry Harrison

  Band, Like You, Exciting

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• I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance.

  Jerry Harrison

  Technology, Thinking, Sound

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• I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too.

  Jerry Harrison

  Writing, Thinking, Self

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• I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.

  Jerry Harrison

  Band, Records, Company

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• Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

  Jerry Harrison

  Trying, Band

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