I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, 'Let's talk about something that matters'.
Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.
My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
Most of all I want to make pop music that has something real behind it.
Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.
It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.
I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.
Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.
I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.
You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it.
Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.
This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or something.
Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.
My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.
I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.
I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'
Dance music is an emotional journey. It's how well you can make people feel something that they haven't felt.
