In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.
We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.
I think people have been really receptive to understanding that I've grown up and the music's going to sound a little different.
I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.
I want to remind people that there is no soundtrack in 'Southland;' there is no scored music or soundtrack telling you what you're supposed to feel.
Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.
I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
Dance music is an emotional journey. It's how well you can make people feel something that they haven't felt.
There's a lot of crappy music that people like, you know, all over the world, and Norway is definitely not an exception.
When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing.
If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you are.
I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.
My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.
