Quotes About Music

I'd say playing with a group or playing solo are equally rewarding, but in a different way.

When I heard I'd be the first in the group to release a solo track, I definitely felt nervous. But I'd like to think of it as a continuation of the music I've been doing as part of BLACKPINK.

The way we write our solo songs is that we take the emotions that we feel and put them in the lyrics. And we try to put them in the songs.

The idea of old world instruments mixed with sci-fi, futuristic lyrics, playing baroque guitar on a song about a robot boy and a banjo solo on a song about white noise - that's our sense of humor.

When I'm not doing solo shows, I'm performing with my cowboy band Los Pacaminos - we play the kind of music you'd hear in Tarantino films.

I know when it comes to the actual narrative of my solo music, it's its own thing. That's why I went out of my way after 'Crew' to not do a bunch of collaborations.

I think the Journey guys wanted to be back in Journey and I wanted to be back solo.

I was in bands when I was younger, and that's a lot of the reason I started working solo - it was always a compromise.

I thought I could make a solo album, then go back to the band. But 'No Parlez' was the end of me and Q-Tips.

My solo albums have given me confidence in myself and a broader understanding of what I had to offer.

I wish I started out as a solo artist.

It was never going to be easy transitioning from a band to being a solo artist but I accepted that right from the beginning. I'm proud of my work and how I've evolved as artist.

I can show my characteristics and musical colors both as a member of Bigbang and as a solo artist.

I knew exactly what to do in The Seekers but I didn't know what it would be like to be a solo artist.

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.

I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.

I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting.

I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.

I feel like I have two different selves, one for being a part of SHINee and one as a solo artist.

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was!

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.