Quotes from Ryan Tedder

Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.

I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.

I grew up listening to English music.

I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day.

Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.

When life gives you the opportunity to check off a thing on the bucket list, you have to check them.

When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.

I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.

I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.

I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.

I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

I'm actually introverted and shy.