Quotes About Artistry

I started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd always thought of, but I'd never really had the confidence.

I used to almost not look forward to recording, because it was like, 'Okay, what am I going to have to sacrifice?'

I love Monk's song, 'Just a Gigolo.' It's probably a minor song for him, but whenever I hear a recording of him playing it, I'm mesmerized because Monk clearly loved pop music. He took it very seriously and made an amazing thing out of it.

I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect.

Once I've got something that I feel is strong, if I get long enough to think about it, it'll turn into something. I'll start thinking about the drums - what the drums are doing, what the bass is doing. Then, if I can remember it by the time I get to a recording device, it'll turn into a song.

Honestly, recording with Faith Evans blew me away.

There are a lot of great recording artists, like Jack White and Jack Johnson, who stay confined inside a very small box, but I'm more like Bon Iver, who recorded an album with programmed drums, and the next record was totally organic. I get that.

Money definitely does not equal success in recording.

I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as possible.

Like for 'Black Nails,' I just had black nails - and I never have black nails. It was my first and last time getting black nails. And that's so not normal for me. So when you're recording, you're up at the mic and you gotta name the file, so I just look down and I'm like, 'Black Nails!' That's literally what it was.

We want to be able to make our own songs and write our own arrangements. We want to incorporate the live sound so we can be free onstage and in the studio recording. That way we can come up with original and creative stuff.

For me, recording was a lot about honing my guitar skills and honing my singing.

For me, it's always just about playing the song and recording it and giving it what it needs as a song.

When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go.

I started writing and recording, at a very basic level, just in my own bedroom.

My music is the foundation of everything that I do, and my fans make it possible for me to keep recording.

If a singer wants to improvise while recording a song, he has to get the permission of the composer.

I loved recording 'Famous' and can't wait for everyone to hear it.

When I'm on the microphone and I'm recording, or onstage, or shooting a video, I'm doing my job. When I'm not, I'm being myself.

I try to listen to as much as possible. I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many different musicians, and I need to learn.

When Prince and James Brown were doing live sessions... recording a band is not easy. It's all delicate, important stuff you want to make sure you're doing the right way.

We're always recording music, writing songs.

The writing and recording process is what I enjoy, it allows me to be creative and work with different artists and producers.

I've been away writing songs and recording and doing albums that are much more obscure.