Jim Messina's Quotes

I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.

It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio.

My experience with Buffalo Springfield was that they did not rehearse.

We need each and every one of you to commit to vote for Barack Obama today!

We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home.

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording demos for Kenny, who was finally signed to Columbia Records.

This election isn't about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. It's about you. The other guys write $10 million checks and make $10,000 bets. But we've bet this campaign on you.

When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation.