Mat Kearney Quotes

I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's a lot of guitars and drums in it.

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands.

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will suck. I mean if the music wasn't important it would just be a poem.

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.

Most popular records are action-packed to the last semi-quaver.

The original 'Don't Let It Get to You' started with a beat. The drums came first. All the musical and lyrical elements were written over those drums.

With 'Under the Pressure,' I just found two chords I liked, and built it up, did like a ten-minute drum pattern.

When it comes to making a song, whatever the beat tells me to do, I do.

I try to make explosive and catchy music, haha.

I'm attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.

'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music.

I know melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build the music that go along with creating the whole art form, you know what I'm saying?

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song.

Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.

As long as it's good music, that's what's important.

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

Music is great; it all depends on what mood you're in, what you want to listen to. If it's party time, you listen to, you know, party music, if you want to dance with somebody. But then again, if it's a slow dance, you need something slow.

I think there's a good pop song in pretty much anything.

I don't think I really make singer-songwritery-type music - it's not my strong point.

Music is wonderful. Especially if there's some kind of content to it.

There are a million good tunes.