Matt Squire quotes

“Traditionally, an engineer is responsible for capturing sound - microphone choice, gear, etc. A producer can have a number of different responsibilities - anything from songwriting to judging performances - setting mood, and (perhaps most importantly) choosing which songs to work on!”
-- Matt Squire

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“Every artist is different - I work with a lot of artists from the ground up because it's really amazing to watch projects go from Minute 1.”
-- Matt Squire

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“I just try and get the best out of an artist - we all have a responsibility to fill the world with awesome songs!”
-- Matt Squire

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“I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her.”
-- Matt Squire

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“Every artist is different - the pop mentality is different than bands for me, because I'm playing a lot of the instruments.”
-- Matt Squire

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“I like working in all different mediums so I'm truly lucky to be able to flip back and forth.”
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“Success is different for every artist - I get psyched when i help realise their vision etc.”
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“I think it's always good for a band to try and grow.”
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“Artists get to step outside their comfort zone a 'lil bit and we get some great songs!!”
-- Matt Squire

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“What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.”

Source : Eleanor Brown (2011). “The Weird Sisters”, p.337, Penguin

“It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.”

Source : "Aaron Johnson Interview NOWHERE BOY". Interview, collider.com. Ocotber 6, 2010.

“The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.”

“The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 12, 2014

“Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.”

“I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.”

“There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.”

“The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.”

“Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.”

“The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to surface from a single shaft.”