A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of the same formative rock and roll experiences. – Steve Albini
Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Dont sign anything. – Steve Albini
We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design. – Steve Albini
If the label presents them with a contract that the band dont want to sign, all the label has to do is wait. There are a hundred other bands willing to sign the exact same contract, so the label is in a position of strength. – Steve Albini
I guess as long as people think of me for different ages, Ill trust their opinion. I remember noticing one year that Michelle Monaghan played 34 and 19, so Ive kind of clung to that as my justification that I can be Jake Gyllenhaals wife and a freshman in college in the same year. – Anna Kendrick