Quotes About Music

When I created my Patreon page, I knew the fans of my music would support me. I've met them on tour and I've seen their comments on Twitter and Facebook. I'm out there making relationships, so I should benefit the most, right?

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

I never really think so much about commercial success; I usually just think about records that move me, and 'Baby Got Back' was one that moved me.

I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.

There are some commercial artists that have number one after number one, and you go to their show, and the show's one-note. Yeah, they're all hit songs. But there's no emotion, because they're the same kind of hit songs, because they're what works at radio. That kills live shows for me.

A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings.

The commercialization of dubstep isn't something I'm part of.

Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story of the person's struggle for success. And I believe every word I say. I never read anything on the air I don't believe in. I think people sense that about me, and they respond to it.

I really hate it when I see other bands selling their music to commercials.

There was a time when I never would have considered, ever, doing television commercials for records. I would never do that. That was something that you did for K-Mart.

I always wanted to play Marius in 'Les Miserables,' I actually got offered the role but I had to commit to do it for six months, and as that meant I wouldn't have been able to tour with McFly I turned it down.

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

With 'Acoustic Soul,' I saw my music as sparse. But I didn't do that because I was making a commitment to be commercial. That's what made 'Acoustic Soul' so difficult to produce. It took 2 1/2 years because I couldn't figure out what I wanted and still be commercial.

I think with drama, at least for me, my process, there's a lot of thought. I do a lot of back story. I listen to a lot of music. I'm very committed to a process when it comes to drama, but with comedy, I think it's really about letting loose.

For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.

Music is common language. I can sing 'Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.

It's just common sense that everyone should be listening to J Hus.

I think I used to do everything and then people had a problem with that within the band, so we're doing more of a communal thing.

I've said this many times: Rock 'n' roll is this magnet for dysfunctional people who only know how to communicate through the medium of a live show.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

When I sing, I try to communicate certain emotions, and that's the voice that comes out.

I like the idea that songs can communicate in a way no other media can. That's why I write them.

Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people.