Max Martin Quotes

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.

I think I put a lot of special attention towards creating interesting textures and unique sounds. Music essentially boils down to two main elements: rhythm and melody. I feel tones and textures often get overlooked, so I like to take my time finding the right sounds.

I like to stay in the rhythm of things.

Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are.

Music is about textures as well as melody.

I like to focus on making the music sound simple and true, and very lush and full. I think music should take you to somewhere else where you have the space to contemplate or exercise your imagination. All the while you should be feeling real good, like when you have a delicious and decadent meal, macaroni and cheese or foie gras.

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

I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work.

Music is the soundtrack of your life.

If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.

Music would lose its charm were not dissonance interspersed at frequent intervals. The closer a composer can come to discord without actually entering it in the score, the more pleasing will be his composition when given life through musical instruments.

I want the score to have a really big voice.

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

I used to listen to a lot of Bach on the radio, and when the basses started to sing, it made everything complete - it made it all make sense.