This one production alone is going to hire 400 New Zealanders to work on it, we're going to spend, in the next five months alone, over $70 million here. Jon Landau More Quotes by Jon Landau More Quotes From Jon Landau 'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center. Jon Landau rocksalbumsgreen On first listening, Joni Mitchell's 'Court And Spark,' the first truly great pop album of 1974, sounds surprisingly light; by the third or fourth listening, it reveals its underlying tensions. Jon Landau lightsoundlistening In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us. Jon Landau franklinendsfirsts It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies. Jon Landau mattermaydirectors 'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable. Jon Landau motownenjoyableclassic One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in the studio with a bunch of good, contemporary rockers, lock the studio up, and tell him he can't come out until he's done made an album that rocks from beginning to end. Jon Landau rocksadvicethinking The Rolling Stones are constantly changing, but beneath the changes they remain the most formal of rock bands. Their successive releases have been continuous extensions of their approach, not radical redefinitions, as has so often been the case with the Beatles. Jon Landau rollingrocksband There is something complete about Stevie Wonder, and one senses that he is not only exceptionally important today, but will continue to be for as long as he chooses. Jon Landau importanttodaylong There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical resistance to his work. Jon Landau popularityresistancearrogance The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility. Jon Landau bandenglandself The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite of ornamental. Having a very clear idea of what they wanted to say they could go into a studio and make it all up on a three minute cut. Jon Landau rockscuttingopposites The Rolling Stones have been the best of all possible worlds: they have the lack of pretension and sentimentality associated with the blues, the rawness and toughness of hard rock, and the depth which always makes you feel that they are in the midst of saying something. They have never impressed me as being kitsch. Jon Landau rollingrocksdepth My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and my friend Livingston Taylor. Jon Landau recordsproducersambition The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless. Jon Landau flawlessalbumscriticism The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not a technically well-endowed singer, nor a great songwriter, he leaves his mark through the discipline and control he exerts over all that he touches. Jon Landau disciplinegreatnessexpression While the Beatles always had George Martin around to clean up their act, the Rolling Stones had Andrew Loog Oldham to coarsen theirs. Jon Landau cleanrollingstones The Rolling Stones are violence. Their music penetrates the raw nerve endings of their listeners and finds its way into the groove marked 'release of frustration.' Jon Landau rollingnervesfrustration Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own special charm. Jon Landau voicespecialsong It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism. Jon Landau professionalismmaintainingpeople Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin. Jon Landau raysvoicebelieve
