Glyn Johns

“I see what sound engineers do as like painting. A good artist could paint that table so that it looks nothing like a table, or it looks like a photograph of a table. Engineers do that with sound.”

“I dont think Ive enjoyed working with anyone as much as I did with Joe Strummer.”

“I just love making records, and thats never going to change.”

“I was not a fan of the Clash or, for that matter, any other punk band that existed.”

“One constantly gets credit for working on records that people have a special fondness for. I may have helped tweak them in some way - but really, I was just very lucky to be there.”

“Abbey Road' was a fantastic record.”

“Part of my job has always been to respect the privacy of the artists.”

“I think its disgraceful to align that first Led Zeppelin record with heavy metal because its far, far better, but you know what Im saying: It started that genre.”

“Let It Be is a bunch of garbage.”

“I was at home on a very rare night off and the phone rang, and the person on the other end announced themselves in a Liverpudlian accent as being Paul McCartney.”

“My whole experience with the Beatles was really no different from any other band, except it was the Beatles.”

“The Small Faces were one of the most incredible bands I have worked with - they were so energetic. If theyd have gone to America they would have ruled the world.”

“People who work together for years on end, they fall out, and they patch it up at the end. Its normal.”

“I knew The Who because Id worked with Shel Talmy and engineered 'My Generation' and all that early stuff.”

“But I can remember very clearly the session for My Generation. I can remember very clearly You Really Got Me and Wont Get Fooled Again, and lots of Stones stuff.”

“I thought I was Englands answer to Jim Reeves.”