Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.
The simplest beats, on what rock music or any music has been formed on, can be the toughest beats to execute and perform, because it's really easy to not respect a simple 4/4 beat, because people always want to play fast.
I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.
I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!'
Keep in mind, you can use Auto-Tune and you can know how to work it perfectly, but you still have to know how to write a good song.
No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
I am pretty well versed in the knowledge of music.
Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together.
I'm no stranger to making timeless music.
To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.
I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have spent countless glorious hours transcribing different kinds of music, either guitar-oriented or not.
When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.
Here's the thing: My hobby is to DJ. I just love music, so I can hear the beginning of a beat, the beginning of a melody, and think of the words, think of the name of the song, think of the hook, and just go there.
I am musical. I play guitar.
The one thing I'm really the most confident in as an artist is my songwriting ability and ear for pop music. I'm really excited to show that off. It was a side that I wasn't able to show on 'American Idol.'
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. He's a master at interpretation of song.
In sixth grade I had a band called The Blueberry Waterfall. I had borrowed a guy's Fender Jaguar and Boss Tone Fuzz, which you plugged straight into a Blackface Twin. It was a little power trio - we were actually pretty good for our age.
I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
My ambition was just to be able to play guitar.
If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
I play no instruments.
When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it.
Eventually, I started to actually enjoy rapping.
Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play them.
