Quotes about edits (14 Quotes)



    For someone who does as many things as he does -- edits, writes columns, writes books, lectures -- he is calm and very relaxed with a great wry sense of humor about things.

    I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.

    In-Q-Tel invested in IDELIX because it offers government and commercial users a new capability to radically enhance critical decision making, ... Through its ability to inspect and edit detail while maintaining the overall context of large digital images or maps, PDT will enhance the way government views and edits information.



    I think we have a national attention deficit disorder, ... Because we're so itchy. We're changing the channel, the camera is constantly moving, the edits are flying thick and fast.


    It's interesting because Walt had such an amazing ear for music. Ilene and I were talking briefly before the call, about what a great pitch-perfect voice she has, on the disc and some of her radio performances and TV appearances with Perry Como, in an era where there were only live performances and you couldn't go in and do multi-track edits and all that that you can do today. Her pitch was so beautiful and so right on, and it was a real testament not only to Ilene but to Walt and his artists that they really appreciated and knew that that was something that was rare.

    It's a great tune, it's going to freak out DJs and programmers, ... There will be edits, I'm sure. If it was the first single out, it wouldn't have got played but seeing as it's the third single, hopefully everyone's bought the album, there's an acceptance that people like this and that's the way you have to play it. And that's the way to do it. Even with 'Feel Good,' American radio wanted a whole bunch of edits, but now that it's a massive hit, they've forgotten all those discussions.

    When I watched the film yesterday, I found it hard to relax. It was great to hear the reaction of the audience on the one hand, and that was such a relief, but on the other hand I was still trying to make the film, trying to do different edits.

    In doing everything, from coming up with the ideas and putting them on paper till doing the final edits, you are always thinking the next three steps, you're always thinking what next, what next, what next?

    I asked some experienced parents what they do about this. They endorse the view of the best principals and teachers Whatever the resistance, do your best to talk the problem out with the people at the school. Dick and Karen Reed, who have had two daughters in Fairfax County schools, say a face-to-face meeting with the teacher and the relevant administrator is best. You have to make sure the meeting does not end until the problem is defined and a solution agreed upon. Then, and this is the part that I was too lazy ever to try, the Reeds compose a summary of the discussion and the agreement and send it to the educators. I don't accept corrections or edits from them, ... I do offer to meet again if they wish to change something.

    If we wrote a song that was nine minutes long, it was nine minutes long, and that was it. That was our attitude back then. A lot of the single edits came about because the different record companies in different countries couldn't get our songs on the radio because they were too long. Because we wouldn't play ball, they went ahead and did their own edits. There was stuff on Singles that I'd never listened to, to be honest. But I was very impressed. Now when I deejay, I actually play a lot of New Order singles, which is great. I sort of rediscovered them.




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