If you're famous and supposedly wise, it's always a good idea to have a tape recorder in the room. Never can tell when you might spew out a line or two worth printing somewhere.
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So I use a tape recorder a lot to record ideas.
I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.
I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis.
The room is the most important thing about recording.
I always dress up for recordings.
If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.
I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.
By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.
It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.
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