Quotes About Collaboration

Every artist and every song has an idea, and the producer's job is to capture it.

It is quite normal these days to record a song in the absence of the composer.

When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

When I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song.

I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.

Stony Skunk, when they were with our company, had a song which I personally like called 'Red Light District.'

I see my songs and shows almost like a mosaic - part of a bigger picture.

Me and Thugger could make nine songs in a day and then choose which songs we like the most and think is gonna do something. With other people, it's like, we pick one song, and we hope it's the one.

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!

I feel very good when songs are recreated or different singers sing the same song.

I don't think Flo Rida gets on just any song. If you look at the songs he has done - even The Saturdays one - was a hit. If it's not good enough, then he won't do it.

I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to fifteen years later, and we're working on songs together. Ridiculous.

You can't give your songs to just anybody.

As an artiste you want to experiment, meet new people and do different kind of songs.

He has given me several blockbuster albums in all these years, and DSP is the man behind many of the best songs in my career.

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

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.

I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist and he's not, so we compliment each other in a way.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums.