Our managers hadn't had that kind of success – the record company hadn't we hadn't – and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.
It breaks my heart to see these young really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now… unless you've signed to a big label you're a failure now.
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With engineering I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly.
