Tony Visconti > Quotes

“His name is David Bowie and he's nineteen. Would you like to meet him?”
― Tony Visconti

“One day Ron Mael of Sparks casually asked Morgan what he thought of the recording we were making. Morgan gave it a thought and wisely said, ‘You have to put more sound between the speakers’, stretching his arms wide. Ron turned to me with a surprised expression on his face and said, ‘Wow.’ Morgan’s suggestion made us widen the stereo soundscape of that mix.”
― Tony Visconti, Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy. A nostalgic journey through the golden age of British pop and rock music

“One night David decided to start a spoken word album; David loved Iggy’s stories about his days with The Stooges. For a few nights in a row, David, and I sat in the darkened studio asking Iggy questions with the tape rolling. The stories were both decadent and hilarious. I have never heard these tapes since; they would make perfect Podcasts.”
― Tony Visconti, Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy. A nostalgic journey through the golden age of British pop and rock music