Music Expectation Quotes

I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.

I'm a serious aficionada of country music - Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry. I've even written some songs. They haven't done anything of mine yet. But it's only a matter of time.

Anytime you go to see a band with a guitar player, there's always a fear of guitar overkill! That's a funny question. If you went to a Taylor Swift concert or a Jay-Z show, people would think, 'Oh, my God, I hope I don't get guitar overkill.' People come to our show for guitar, and there can never be enough.

You can't just release double albums and expect people to sit there and devote their time to it.

When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.

My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I am 90 years old. When I hit the stage and people do not know who I am, they automatically assume, before I open my mouth, I am going to sing a Bob Marley song!

Sometimes people stop me on the street and they say 'when are you going to make the next 'Zanaka' and it's what I really didn't want to do.

When people hear you singing songs which are done as playback, they don't see you. But when you perform live, they expect you to be interacting with them.

'You Should Be Here' set the tone that, 'Alright everybody, I want you to listen to this album.

There's this raw, basic quality people expect in my music.

Everyone thought my first album would be instrumental, but I didn't want to do it - it took me eight months to make.

I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.

I can't stand it when groups come back for an encore, and they play some slow thing. Oh, brother! It's like, 'Had I known that, I would've left.'

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.

The minute we first started recording 'Defend Yourself,' I thought, 'Yeah. We're going to have to deal with a really terrible review from Pitchfork for this record.'

I want people to know that I won't just assume that people will like my music.

In 2004, I don't think any Silver Jews fan was probably expecting another record.

When the time right, you might get a Black Hippy album.

I try not to think about the success, because it's pressure to continue making music.

I'd love to reach the pinnacle where you just can't wait to get the new album by Craig David.

People who listen to my records expect the ballads from me. The rock 'n roll is on there because it's another mode of expression.

Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.

We hope to win over new listeners who would normally never listen to an Aly & AJ record. That's our greatest expectation we've set for ourselves.

I listen to all types of music, but big rock records are the ones that, in the walk-up, make me wonder, 'What's this next set going to sound like?'

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.