I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have, and to still be having so much fun playing drums and making music.
Taylor HawkinsRead
In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a record and the drums are perfectly gridded and the vocals are perfectly auto tuned, I throw it out the window. I have no interest in rock music being like that.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses disdain for overly sanitized and perfect sounds in music.
Taylor Hawkins critiques modern music production techniques that prioritize perfection over authenticity. He argues that perfect tuning and synchronization detract from the rawness and realness that he values in rock music, suggesting that the human element is essential to the art form.
Themes
MusicAuthenticityArtProductionPerfection
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of authenticity in the arts.
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All quotes →In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.
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