Jenji Kohan Quotes

It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.

There's not a lot of thinking that I need to do away from the studio on Broken Bells stuff.

I did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.

I'll never forget when me and Jason Matthews wrote the line, 'Don't be a tape player hater,' in 'Country Man,' I don't think I ever laughed harder. We didn't know where we were gonna put that in a song, but we knew we had to make it into a song. I just remember laughing and being so proud of such a goofy little line.

The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.

Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material.

I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous.

Obviously there's so many great artists out there that I'd love to work with.

As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song.

I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time.

Mos is a true artist who has a story to tell and gives back through his music. He remixed my song 'Different' in 2005, and the song we're working on now will be one of my future projects.

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.

Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.

I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, and I make something you can just vibe to.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.

Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.

I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the moment. I'd love to do something with him.

My dream collaboration is with Lauryn Hill. Is that ever gonna' happen? Who knows! But there's still a lot I feel like musically I could do.

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.

I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.

My first song, 'Just Becuz,' was co-written by the awesome Baby Bash.

I've been lucky, because people have done such great versions of my songs, and I've worked with the best singers ever, and I'm lucky that way.