Quotes About Music

I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity to do that at some point. Maybe even on TV. Every single live performance I'm doing on TV, I want it to be different and unique.

Music is so universal, and so I love that we can all be different, and we can all just show that.

Naturally, if I'm singing over really loud music, my approach is gonna be different than if I'm singing over some quiet acoustic music.

I mean, I wasn't the best student in school. It would be different if I were to pursue music while I was already in school and doing things for my parents to be proud of and music was a side thing. Being that I dropped everything to do music, they was not with it.

But, you know, I'd be happy just making music.

I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy.

Becoming a commercial scene? I don't think people in grime would be happy about that.

I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music.

The fact I even get an opportunity to make one album is crazy. But if all goes to plan, I'll get to make five albums. That'd be nice.

I don't care what you're playing. You can be playing EDM music. Well, guess what? That came out in the early '80s. There's no way to be original. All you can do is put yourself into it and do the best you can.

To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.

It's funny, man, sometimes you record something that you plan on re-doing later, but then when you listen back to it, you decide to keep it because you realize that it's gonna be real tough to beat!

I want to be the first rock band on Mars.

It's funny because, based on the music I was making before, if you'd asked me who was the one gatekeeper or influencer whom I'd want to hear my music, I don't think Pharrell would be the first person I'd pick.

I must be true to myself within my music or I would be a liar.

I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.

To be real, you have to sing about what you feel, and you have to be true to your fans.

'Rockaway Beach' is a great song, and so is 'Listen to My Heart.'

I like Beach House a lot.

It's interesting - the things you remember about Chariots of Fire is the slow running on the beach and the Vangelis music.

I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.

It's like when a guy gets a divorce from his wife. You part ways. That's what I did with The Beach Boys.

The music I have created, along with the other Beach Boys, has taken me all over the world. For these past 50 years, I guess you could say, 'I get around.'

Certainly, the Beach Boys and the early Beatles records were a huge influence on me lyrically.