Quotes About Music

Originally I was not writing songs for myself.

I met Magnus Lidehall about two years ago, and the beat that I originally wrote 'Younger' on was one of the first ones that he sent me. I must have been around 21 at that time, feeling a bit lazy and disappointed with myself and my life.

I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a rock & roll guitarist. Originally, TYA wanted to make it without having to compromise to pop. It worked for a while, but after five or six years, the fun went out of it for me; a lot of the music went out of it.

Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record.

'Big Love' was originally an ensemble song, but it's done now as a single guitar piece.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

The drums were new to me; I was just playing what was in my head. I was a guitar player originally - so on the drums, I just played what was in my head rather than caring too much about what others were playing. And in that way, I came up with a simple but unique style.

'Bling Bling' was originally a Big Tymers song.

My father played music, so I was always around music, even from the time I was born. My father actually was the one that originally got me into music.

My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country.

A song like 'Loyal To Me,' for example, I originally wrote that for a girl band in mind, that's why it has so many harmonies and it's got that sort of '90s/R&B feel to it.

It's funny, the only song I didn't want to do originally was 'Oh So Quiet.' And it was the best performance and changed the game for me.

Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.

It just so happened that the sound I've developed has the Memphis origins to it that made Drake wanted to work with it.

I love New Orleans.

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.

It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.

The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.

New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture.

My initial training was on the keyboard - mainly the great American songbook. In junior high, during the day, I was a classical clarinetist, but after school, I played New Orleans jazz and big-band music.

The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.

When a lot of people are calling it a night at 2 A.M., New Orleans is coming alive.

There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.

I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.