| "The accidental distortion adds character" |
| "That bit's meant to be out of time" |
| "I bet George Martin never had this trouble" |
| "But that's meant to happen in Reggae" |
| "Don't worry, it'll sound terrific when it's double-tracked" |
| "You're sitting on the wrong side of the stereo. So you won't hear it there" |
| "The general public will never notice" |
| "That's alright - I've heard worse on proper records" |
| "I don't give a fuck, it ain't my song" |
| "It's no more out of tune than Nigerian records" |
| "The Out of Tuneness gives it an ethereal quality" |
| "The more you put on, the less the tuning matters" |
| "I never equalize, I just correct for deficiencies in the microphone" |
| "Well, it looks stereo on the meters" |
| "It'll sound nicer if it wasn't there" |
| "It sounds better than that really, but the monitors aren't lined up" |
| "If you get it in balance, way back in echo, it sounds disgusting but nice." |
| "It's Slinky, not late" |
| "I can't hear that properly, I'm left-eared" |
| "Timbales always play behind the beat" |
| "That's a real headache off my chest" |
| "I've got a foreskin like a rhino's fanny" |
| "It was depravity at its best" |
| "I'd rather have the money than listen to music" |
| "I like the sheer monotony of it" |
| "Yes I did hear it but I wasn't listening" |
| "It'll be so far back that you won't even be able to hear it" |
| "I know it's a crappy mix, but it's as good as the song" |
| "This is a performance record" |
| "They're the sort of thing that if you hear them, they are too loud" |
| "On this cassette he's no singer but he was a victim of the demo process" |
| "I don't want it louder, just more of it" |
| "This track sounds like an album anyway" |
| "You may not be doing it one too less" |
| "Hang On, I'm trying to think of something spontaneous" |
| "The sides seem too loud in mono" |
| "Can we solo everything" |
| "It doesn't matter, it's an out of time track anyway" |
| "It's flat, but not as flat as it sounded" |
| "If I didn't have a dick, I'd be a perfect human being" |
| "It's just over maximum" |
| "Drop in slightly before you drop in" |
| "The only way to do that song is to get it done" |
| "No I don't need to tune up because I'm playing lead" |
| "It's not at the speed that my tongue likes to go" |
| "It's sharp, but that's a characteristic of the instrument" |
| "There's no harm in it being early, brass sections are like that" |
| "It's not frequency - it's the characteristic of the musical content" |
| "It doesn't sound like it looks" |
| "LOOK it won't sound in tune - it's one of those chords" |
| "Don't worry, the hi-hat will be left out at the beginning so it WILL be in time" |
| "The first fucking bass drum beat's a hook in this song, so don't fucking push it" |
| "This isn't really a bass song" |
| "You're pushing it, but it isn't pushing" |
| "I am politically minded, but I don't really care" |
| "You'll never hear it if you're not listening to it" |
| "It's got to be clever, or not clever at all" |
| "The more out of it I get, the better I'll get the timing" |
| "Is it true that on these machines you get a lot of treble left and right and the bass in the centre" |
| "It sounds good, but it's not something that should be used" |
| "I like it - that's why I don't think it's right" |
| "I'm good at doubles because I never play the same thing twice" |
| "I'm not happy 'til you're not happy" |
| "The best time to work is when you're nearing exhaustion" |
| "No, I didn't check the alignment of the digital, because every time I do it goes out" |
| "We never used to listen to the bass" |
| "It sounds better out of tune - It makes it sound urgent" |
| "You're obscuring the chickens" |
| "It's not out of time, it's just the wrong sound" |
| "Don't take too much of the elephant out of it" |
| "It's going to be so far back, you won't notice the tuning" |
| "It either anticipated or I wished it would." |
| "Without listening, it seemed OK" |
| "To them you're a legend - to me you're a bum-hole" |
| "Start fading midway through the bicycle clips" |
| "It's one of those tracks that if you work on it for too long, you get really annoyed with it." |
| "Fuck Me - and I thought the Beat were bad" |
| "I don't like anything that's good for me" |
| "For once in your life be a producer and not a fucking gumby" |
| "Your frets are buzzing - Are you using the fretless or fretted bass?" |
| "That's NOT out of time - It's a cool jerk" |
| "The strings I was using were in tune" |
| "It's slightly flat, but it adds a little charm and makes it sound amateur" |
| "If a track cries out for strings - Put 'em on. If it doesn't - Just put a bit on" |
| "I'd like a smallish quartet" |
| "That's a TERRIBLE one..He'll like that." |
| "I think just single tracked doubled - if you want" |
| "Let's track that 4 times - It'll make it sound rectangular" |
| "It doesn't matter what the tune is as long as it goes BASH BASH BASH" |
| "To give character, you've gotta sing out of tune" |
| "Let's survey the definite possibilities" |
| "Wipe that one for now" |
| "It must be in tune because we're professionals" |
| "That bass is almost worth keeping" |
| "It speeds up because that's the nature of the lick" |
| "I want you to make it more clangy, but don't change the sound" |
| "Go for spontaneity no matter how long it takes" |
| "It may have been a little slow, but it's not necessarily out of time" |
| "What I like about this track is that it's all on tape" |
| "Having had limited musical training, I'm not exactly sure what I mean" |
| "I think senility is reeking havage with my brain" |
| "It sounded in time to me, but then I've not been well" |
| "It's a shame you have to make decisions" |
| "It doesn't matter - nobody plays side two of albums" |
| "Well, if enough people sing it, it will be a chorus" |
| "I can handle that one - it's naively dull" |
| "It's got to be somewhere between subtle and audible" |
| "It's either brilliant or terrible - I can't make up my mind" |
| "You won't hear that when it's got echo on" |
| "You're only hearing that because it's got too much echo on it" |
| "A cymbal overdub will cover that up" |
| "But the digital CAN'T distort" |
| "We'll be faded out by then" |
| "Have you plugged in the window?" |
| "Calypso songs ARE all over the place" |
| "I'm enjoying playing with it and anyway you never know what might come up" |
| "It sounds like it could easily be a mono record" |
| "Better safe than sure" |
| "When I shout out the one before, I'll give you the one before" |
| "G Strings - great on women, rotten on guitars" |
| "She has the voice of a Siren, and we're not talking Greek mythology" |
| "She can look like the Elephant Man, as long as she's got a short skirt and high heels." |
| "That's a great song for a title" |
| "He's half an hour later than he was a minute ago" |
| "Even though it's in 6/8 - He's playing in 4's and thinking in 3's" |
| "I can't see what you're saying" |
| "You're not metering very loudly" |
| "I've got one can off, my finger in my ear and all I can hear is my head" |
| "Have you got the ashtray sussed" |
| "That's a guitarist's edit that is - in'nit?" |
| "Why haven't they developed 'reel to reel' cassettes?" |
| "That's the kind of edit that will sound wrong even when it's right" |
| "I can always put some decent chords over that" |
| "You're halfway between sharp & flat" |
| "Can you D.I. the congas?" |
| "More bass on the hi-hat" |
| "Hey Man, these cans are putting the track out of tune" |
| "The guitars are too loud (MD). NO - The guitars are the right level, it's the bass, drums, keys & vocals that are too quiet. (A&R man)" |
| "If you speed the track up, it puts the backing vocals out of time." |
| "David Bowie always sings out of tune" |
| "You can't sing with your socks down" |
| "That band couldn't draw fleas" |
| "My voice sounds like a harmony" |
| "More like that, but not like that" |
| "You'll never notice the tuning, 'cos the're all minors" |
| "Keep them so there's volume in them all the time" |
| "I find that if I adopt a heavy metal pose - I can play better" |
| "Your input is very much along the lines that I feel" |
| "I like getting me into a groove situation" |
| "My reflexes are like Clive Dunn's" |
| "That's a funny balance of the vocals, it makes them sound out of tune" |
| ""It's not a bass sound until the windows rattle"" |
