Over the years I've heard artists all tell me the same damn lies during the course of a session. Note that the people in question might just believe they are speaking the truth. It's some odd form of musical brainwashing or group hallucination.
"We've been practicing for months."
"We'll nail all these songs on the first take."
"That was the hard one. The rest are easier."
"All the lyrics have been written."
"We've done a lot of pre-production."
"There's a lot of label interest."
"We sound a lot like _____."