Jerry Harrison Quotations

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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