Quotes About Artistry

I wasn't good at writing big banger tracks because that wasn't in my heart.

Sure, some tracks are not as good as others, but we've written some really strong, classic stuff, like 'The Number of the Beast,' 'Hallowed Be Thy Name,' and 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner.'

So many bands play to tracks - what's the point in coming to see them live if they're playing to a CD?

I use whatever it takes to make the tracks identify what me and Guru are all about.

As a rapper, you're taught and you practice being hard all the time. You're not crying on your tracks, you don't sound like Neyo singing an R&B song about what you've lost or whatever.

The music you play, it's never intended for other people, so it's quite amazing dealing with stuff now, because obviously any tracks I write, a lot of folks are going to hear. It definitely plays on my mind quite a lot.

Songs from the theatre can be taken and put on record in a commercial and contemporary way, be reinvented and become standout tracks on their own.

I want to only sing songs that I have lived with; that can't happen with six tracks at the same time.

Even in my Hardwell sets I've been playing Drake songs and even from the beginning I've been in love with his tracks. I love the way he raps and sings.

I think most albums should be 13 tracks, to be fair. It's a matter of interest. It's quality over quantity.

Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... that's all well and good and I enjoy it, and I would never trade any of those for anything. But figure skating is who I am.

On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.

You could call my piano my trademark, or one of my trademarks.

It's a massive undertaking putting an album together... It's not light weight at all.

I think how I've gotten better, hopefully, at taking what I've got and being able to mish-mash something together, and as long as it feels real to me in the moment, then it feels like a success.

Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters.

I consider it a great honour that my movie Drive inspired so many wonderful artists to come together and create one ultra-cool glam experience.

Music and weed go well together, obviously.

It seems to take me about five years to get a record together, which is not a clever idea.

Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.

With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.

It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist!

Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way, without the personal investment of the poem I'm writing myself, but equally closely technically.

I started putting words together, making rhymes and being witty with the wordplay. I can play a little bit of guitar, and that's something I'm going to dedicate more time to doing.