Teena Marie Quotes

In the G.O.O.D. Music camp, we all come around, and we show ourselves and present ourselves as artists only.

I think the most important thing for an artist is to stay true to who you are. I want to stay as authentic as possible, as that's how we're going with our team.

When I did 'Tapestry' with Carole King, the record was spare and simple, like a demo. If someone had told me to go back and put horns on it, it would've been all wrong. If you're enthusiastic enough to sign an artist, let them do what got you enthusiastic.

When I go with different producers, and they've thought about what they want to do, I think they feel a little bit more free, because they know almost any sound will work on my record if we pull it together properly - so they don't feel so limited.

I'm not going to make a song just to make a song. The day that I make an album, it's so that people really know what Bad Bunny's about.

You want to give the director what they want, and you don't always know exactly how it goes, so you want to try it a few different ways. You have to be flexible; you have to be in collaboration with the director; you have to be versatile. But you also want to be protective of what you really believe in and how you feel it should be portrayed.

A lot of artists are scared when they see trumpet players show up - they like, 'Nah, that ain't what I want.' I try to tell them, 'Dude, I'll give you trademark Mannie Fresh, but it's not about keyboards and a drum machine.'

We're not here to make the ignorant people happy. We're here to write our music for those people that are interested in good rock n' roll music.

When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.

I can never think about, 'Is this going to sell? Is this going to work on radio?' I just have to get in the zone where I'm like, 'Do I love this, or do I not love this?' Essentially it all comes down to that.

I'm definitely trying to make longer songs, but if it's short and good, I'm not going to do anything about it.

I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.

Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.

That's the most important part of all the music I produce: making sure the artist is bringing themselves out in the music.

I'm usually just writing lyrics alone in my room, but I'm happy to be producing and writing chords anywhere.

When I work on someone else's record, I'm happy to alter the way I approach it, if I happen to like who they are and I'm interested in their music. But I know it's their record.

Being in somebody else's thing and saying their words and not having any right to change it - I don't know how I'd deal with that. I'd like to think I could do it, but I just know I've got a dead particular taste.

I can work with all these different kinds of artists and still be able to come up with huge records. Not just cool records, but game-changing records.

I'd like to think I'm a versatile artist without straying too far from who I am.

When we record a song, like 'Bedside Manner,' it's important that the next time I write a somber, mid-tempo song that we don't treat it the same way.

There's been a time where I was like, I wanna be a folk singer; no, I wanna sing soul. I want to sing classical music. I want to sing R&B. I want to be on Broadway. I just wanna sing. Whatever comes out of my mouth, that's what I want to do.

I didn't take up 'Chinnanchiru Kiliye' thinking I should continue on these lines from now on.

We spent a couple of years trying to be what we thought people wanted us to be, what the press thought we should be, doing what the company wanted. Finally we just said 'Sod it. This is what we do best. We're best at making pop records that people enjoy and having fun and entertaining them.'

A lot of these artists are out here don't stay true to why they started doing this in the first place.

From my experience, I've been honest about who I am and what I believe and the motivation behind my music. But I've played it in arenas that are for all people. I've pretty much stuck to that model my whole career.