Many words are spoken when there’s nothing to say.
'Wild Horses' is my favourite Stones song. It's so beautiful. I don't mind that it was written for Bianca.
I'm not complicated at all. I say raps that your two-year-old son can learn.
That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.
There is always space for good music.
John Prine in particular... just the chord changes combined with the words. He definitely can make you cry a little bit. Just a little bit.
Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
I started out being quite an eclectic composer, not quite sure where to fit in. I tried my hand a bit at everything, except perhaps music with lyrics.
I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.
Lyrics over some nice beats - that's what the people want from us.
I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
It's such a weird process, songwriting, because you just have to feel it. There's no right or wrong melody or lyric.
The rap game without me would be like woofers without bass.
Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.
I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.
Country music tell stories. That's something that I can relate to.
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.
I didn't know a single musical soundtrack, really, growing up. Nobody listened to musicals. That wasn't a thing I did.
People go to musicals because they want to hear some really good songs.
If I don't feel it when I'm sitting there, if it doesn't give me the feeling I got when I heard 'Pony' or 'So Anxious' or 'In Those Jeans,' I scrap it.
I like having big hooks and big records and sing-a-longs.
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.
You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that.
It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.
I'm probably tougher on myself than I used to be. I'll revise my lyrics more. Part of that is working with the right people and producers who will say, 'How can you make that better?' Allowing yourself to collaborate with people will push you toward transcendence.
