Artist Routine Quotes

Sometimes if you're in the studio for a very long time, you want to get out and play live shows and vice versa.

Well, I always leave massive gaps between albums.

The jazz records come out a lot. You find that with many musicians - we don't listen to our own music for relaxation.

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.

The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.

No matter where I go, I never write the setlist until I'm at the venue.

Rap isn't that time-consuming for me, compared to an ordinary artist. I do not stay in the studio all day.

I'm always interested in seeing how other artists work. I want to know what their working patterns are. I even like to know if they listen to music when they draw or what time of day they draw, even materials they use, what they research, if they use photographs.

I record all night and sleep all day.

I'm so used to it, I think I'd feel very naked on stage without a piano.

At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.

I know some artists who write every day, and for a while, I felt really guilty that I didn't.

I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording.