Upbeat Song Quotes

La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it.

I love a good, poppy chorus.

Drake gets you bouncin'!

We'll do a crazy video of a great song that people can actually dance to.

I'm not going to do a song that's really sad and thoughtful. Although I've done ballads like 'Dear Darlin',' I want to make them dance and be happy.

Sometimes you just want to write a party song.

'Finders Keepers' is guaranteed to create a vibe. If I'm having a difficult show, then I know I've got that song at the end to turn it around, and the phones will come out.

I love Whitney Houston. I absolutely love her song, 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody.'

Working on solo material is something I had always dreamed of doing, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. 'Everything To Me' is a very personal song to me lyrically; it is such an upbeat and optimistic record, perfect for the summer. I can't wait for people to hear it!

In the car on my way to the studio, I was listening to 'Where Are U Now' with Justin Bieber and Jack U, so I was like, 'Wow, this is such a banger.' I loved the thought of having a ballad at the beginning and then just a massive drop.

I try to play 'Maneater' by Daryl Hall and John Oates at least once when I drive somewhere. It gets me so 'hype,' as the kids would say.

It's wonderful to hear strings on 'Planet Claire'.

My goal for 'Black Rock' was pretty simple: I wanted to make the feel-good record of the summer.

If the song was upbeat, we'd get out a funky Harry Connick, Jr. album, some Louis Prima big band, or a Bob Wills swing record for inspiration and swing for the fence, hoping to get that 'soundtrack to your life' vibe. And if it was a slow song, we'd go the other way and really make it worshipful.