I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.
The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.
I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.
What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.
Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'
I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.
I can't listen to anything when I write, not even the TV. I do have to listen to music when I drive, though.
With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal.
There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.
I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.
I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.
With my music, I don't have to stay in one lane. One day I'm in Motown, and the next day I'm in reggae.
People are getting ready for music that makes them feel happy again rather than being depressed at the way the world is going right now.
I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.
I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.
I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst.
I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.
It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.
