Alyson Stoner Quotes

I've always said that I would only ever release something that I would want to listen to as a fan.

I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.

All I can do is focus on staying true to the style of music I write and sing because that is the only way it's going to come off as honest.

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?

You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.

If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference.

I'm not the 'rappity-rapper' type dude. All my music is really true. I can't just rap about nothing, just metaphors and putting words together. I can't just smash out material like other guys. I just want my albums to be crazy every time I drop one.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into the radio format right now. It does nothing for me.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

I am most proud that I stayed true to the music of my soul.

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.

I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails.

I work really hard not to have a kitsch tone to any of my work, particularly radio stuff, which sometimes goes in that direction on certain programs.

I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.

I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry.

If you write songs and if you write music that's very sincere and very honest, it's pop music, but it is pop music with a lot of honesty and a lot of heart.

The acting part of me is not me. The music side is who I really am and what I want to talk about. It'll be hard for people to differentiate those different sides but I think it's possible. Once the music is out there, people will start to realize how serious I am about it rather than, 'Oh god, another actress making an album.'

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

The danger is in pleasing an immediate public: the immediate public that comes around you and takes you in and accepts you and gives you success and everything. Instead of that, you should wait for fifty years or a hundred years for your true public. That is the only public that interests me.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.