Quotes About Artistry

I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.

Let Me Love You' is one of my favorite records from my catalogue. It's one of those songs that just happened magically.

When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.

All my songs are clean, and I am very careful about the lyrics, too.

A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.

I like making songs and playing '2K.'

I mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.

I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!

When I listen to a band like Pink Floyd, I don't know the names of the individual songs, I know the full albums. That's what we want for our albums.

'Rangeela' and 'Daud' are both exciting films. The songs, the music, the dances - they all blend so well.

When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage.

You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

If critics find my songs monotonous, then I also find their opinion monotonous.

I always charge for my songs and never sing for free.

At some point of time, Imman won't be in this world. But my biggest asset would be if my biggest hater had at least 100 songs that I composed in his playlist. That's how I know my work will continue to live.

Songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day' and 'Dress Blues,' those were good songs, but the output wasn't as consistent in those days.

Because of my methodology and my sensibilities to write songs, I'm not very comfortable with the notion to rush in any creative endeavor.

I always try to write the best song I can in the moment, and those songs are often going to end up on Death Cab for Cutie records. I don't set out to write a solo song or write a band song. I just write, and where that songs ends up is kind of TBD.

I love ballads. I'm not into fast songs. I love to put my heart and all of my feelings into a song.

I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where good pop songs come from.

I love rethinking and reimagining songs.

I have a lot of songs, and I'd love to do some more recording with the band.