Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. The shift from the one to the other was definitely related to when the takes started to get big.
David CrosbyThe people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a clue, and they don't care. You tell them that, and they go, Yeah? So, your point is?
David CrosbySometimes the entire thing comes out in one burst. Sometimes you hack away at a thing for years before you get something that satisfies you.
David CrosbyDon't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.
David CrosbyI think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.
David CrosbyThe fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for real feeling. Music is about feeling and if there isn't any genuine feeling, if the song isn't about anything that anyone gives a damn about, there's nothing you can do. All the technique that exists won't make it any good; it'll just make it technological. All the production values you add won't do anything except make it glossy.
David Crosby