Terence Trent D'Arby Quotes

My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible only in a live concert.

I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.

Music is everything.

My first album was very eclectic and very soft as a vocal expression.

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.

My music-making process is pretty fun and easy.

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?

All of the musicians when I was young used to always say you had to tell a story when you're a musician.

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.

Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.

Rap is something you can just throw on the skillet and fry up real quick. That's how it comes to me, my train of thought. It's like getting dressed - I don't have to sit down and stare at clothes, I just pick what I like and put it on. But rock, you gotta put it in the oven and let it bake.

When you're making a record, you try to achieve stylistically what fits on you. Like a good old coat, you know what I mean?

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have some almost pop songs in there, but you do have your traditional country, story songs. You have your ballads, your happy songs, your sad songs, your love songs, and your feisty songs.

Good music is good music.

As long as it's good music. I love all music. It's got to be constructed properly.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

Making music and writing kind of come from the same creative place.

The way that I write is I just write a ton of music in the background of my life, and then I just bring it into rehearsal. It's, like, 'Okay, guys. It goes like this. Let's smooth it out.'

It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra.

For me, it's always just about playing the song and recording it and giving it what it needs as a song.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

Just the instrumentation of the whole 'Beast Mode' made people open up and respect me in a whole other way. With Gucci, I don't use as many instruments. I don't play the piano as much because that's not really the style of music that me and Gucci have built.

I love to make everything as much about the music as possible.

I am getting to work with some good musicians, artistes, and composers.