Phil Ramone quotes
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“Substance should outweigh perfection...”
-- Phil RamoneSource : Phil Ramone (2007). “Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music”, p.68, Hachette UK
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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 RamoneSource : Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. December 17, 2003.
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“Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.”
-- Phil RamoneSource : "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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“There's a lot about New York that is unique, and there's always a culture and a subculture going on everywhere.”
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“The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director.”
-- Phil RamoneSource : "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 RamoneSource : Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. December 17, 2003.
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“It's important not to be afraid ego-wise to share your information.”
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“I gotta think that one that becomes a philosophy of work, which is "no excuses."”
-- Phil RamoneSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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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 RamoneSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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“There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.”
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Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.34, Courier Corporation
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“That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance.”
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