Brion Quotes

(Brion calls his working relationship with West a natural fit.) His knowledge and understanding of records across the board is great, ... That`s the reason why we got along: We don`t see music as something that happens in one genre.

(Whatever the case may be, there appears to be no bad blood between the two '” Apple recently played at Brion`s Friday-night residency at Club Largo in Los Angeles and performed a couple of songs from the record.) She re-recorded a bunch of stuff, but whatever, that`s her business, ... I remain a fan and think she`s great, and she shouldn`t have to meet too much resistance.

(Brion calls his working relationship with West a natural fit.) His knowledge and understanding of records across the board is great, ... That?s the reason why we got along: We don?t see music as something that happens in one genre.

(on what he remembers about making Crime Wave (1985)) Three months in Detroit, which was where we were. Murder City. I was really sick, I was doing a lot of drugs, but I told Sam Raimi, "Put me on, but don`t say cut, let me go". He did and I went and basically I had the show. At that point, which came after Blade Runner (1982), they put me on a blacklist, because I wouldn`t be in the union, and when I came up for that, they said, "You can`t do the movie". They said, "We`ve got to have Brion James". They said, "No, he`s not working for us." Finally they said, "Look, he`s the only guy we want". They said, "Fine, you can have him, but we`re not paying our part". So they paid their part, I worked like ten weeks for $2500. You know they say don`t make waves, so I learned my lesson.