"With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless"
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The intent is defensive but not clueless. Neil came up in an era when you proved yourself night after night, with all the risk that implies: blown notes, trashed voices, real-time charisma. By pointing to a six-figure fix, he’s drawing a boundary around what he believes performance is supposed to be: not just the finished recording, but the messy human act of getting there. He’s also quietly acknowledging the pressure on legacy acts. Audiences want the nostalgia without the aging, and labels/promoters want the guarantee. Technology offers a way to keep the product consistent, even when the body can’t.
The subtext is a cultural argument about trust. If “flawless” can be purchased, then flawlessness stops being impressive and starts being suspicious. Neil’s quote taps into a growing fatigue with frictionless pop - vocals polished into sameness, mistakes edited out like they never happened. It’s not anti-technology so much as pro-stakes: the thrill of music, he implies, is hearing someone risk being less than perfect and pulling you in anyway.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Neil, Vince. (2026, January 16). With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/with-technology-now-you-can-go-in-and-sing-a-song-128298/
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Neil, Vince. "With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/with-technology-now-you-can-go-in-and-sing-a-song-128298/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/with-technology-now-you-can-go-in-and-sing-a-song-128298/. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.




