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# I would like to be paid like a plumber
- URL: https://werd.io/i-would-like-to-be-paid-like-a-plumber/
- Published: 2022-04-03T18:30:21.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-03T18:30:21.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“I explained this to Kurt but I thought I'd better reiterate it here. I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. No points. Period. I think paying a royalty to a producer or engineer is ethically indefensible. The band write the songs. The band play the music. It's the band's fans who buy the records. The band is responsible for whether it's a great record or a horrible record. Royalties belong to the band.” Steve Albini makes his pitch to Nirvana to help make In Utero.

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