We cannot make rivers whole unless we wholly understand them. Rob Brown More Quotes by Rob Brown More Quotes From Rob Brown When Depeche Mode put out a single you knew that a week later you could go and buy the 12" and it would have six versions and they were all better. Rob Brown depeche-mode week six The last time I saw this many doctors was in 1982 at the NFL Combine. They flew me in, put me in a nice hotel and took great care of me. All you have to do is just pick up the phone and call P.A.S.T. and they will do the rest for you. I am very proud of the P.A.S.T. program. Rob Brown doctors phones nice I wouldn't judge people on their instant responses. Rob Brown instant judging people Let's face it, we're all clones nowadays. We've all got the same archives, we've all got the same Hyundai, we've all got the same Mac or PC components, and we're all being told the same news stories globally. Rob Brown archives news-stories faces There's not much room for deviation, yet if you manage to crack it, there then you can express things that actually do sound unique and genuinely original. Rob Brown unique sound rooms I get nostalgic for things that didn't really exist. I might have a cassette from the first time a Melle Mel track, say, got played on radio in Manchester. And it might be a copy of a copy of a copy of a tape and there's all these weird nuances and distortions that have affected what I know as the truth, if you like, of that track. Rob Brown track radio might I know that there's a lot of room to maneuver in those kind of ghostly musical spheres. Rob Brown spheres musical rooms To me, an untrained ear, a young person at the time, I would hear off the different feels, all these different sounds, and then years later realize that everyone had used the same equipment, just to their own ends. Rob Brown different sound years Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be "Oh, at last you buckled, you're trying to be commercial." Rob Brown trying people thinking It's very hard to predict what people are thinking. Rob Brown hard people thinking It seems like people need to get into the last album until they can tolerate the next one. And then, slowly but surely, by the time the new one's available, they've gotten into the last one and they really love it. Rob Brown lasts people needs When you're in the studio, you've got a narrative for what goes on, you might switch on a bit of gear and it might not work as you intended or come out a bit wrong, and you try and exploit it. Rob Brown gears goes-on trying You can get the oldest drum machine out and whack out four sounds like a kick, snare, and two types of high-hat, and try and come up with the freshest thing on the spot. The gear can guide you - you can choose one bit of gear and it's obviously got its restrictions and its limitations, but at the same time, you've got to exploit what it's capable of and what it's best used for. Rob Brown machines trying two You can sit in front of a computer and have a blank slate and be completely overwhelmed by the possibilities and not get anywhere. Rob Brown overwhelmed possibility computer You can't go back and edit during the live set in the club. In the studio it's different. Rob Brown clubs studios different When you work on a computer in the studio, it's almost like fossilizing on the spot, you know, the idea of getting solidified on the spot, like a snowflake might create branches by accumulation. Rob Brown branches might ideas Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do. Rob Brown people way thinking If we spent as much time feeling positive about getting older, as we do trying to stay young, how much different our lives would be. Rob Brown getting-older feelings trying I realize Im an ambitious guy, but I just try to take things as they come, you know, for the most part. Rob Brown ambitious guy trying I would like to be remembered as a responsible human being who handled business while also taking care of his family. Rob Brown remembered responsible care
