I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.
A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.
I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about black music, about soul music.
I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became a successful pop singer, even though the kind of music I liked was more elitist, which is what I'm trying to get back to.
For better or worse, I'm interested in just about everything: every different type of music I can imagine. I can never see a reason to choose just one type of music at the exclusion of everything else. Different types of music are capable of being re...
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the cont...
Carry on an undefiled undertaking.
Musical theater is one of my passions.
I have intentionally not pursued musical theater.
Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.
The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be.
The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.
The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.
A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.
I've always treated the music business as a business.
My confession: I listen to great music very badly.
Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.
Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.
There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music.
Music is my life - acting's just a hobby.
