Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.
I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.
For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.
The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.
The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The more I do it, the more I'm humbled. I'm just always trying to get better at it. I pick up a few tricks along the way.
I think music will be created algorhythmically, all the things that we do will be boiled down to a little computer program.
I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.
Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.
I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.
One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.
My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.
I've been playing music since I was born.
I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my work, using images in a way that was a bit like sampling - taking images from diverse places, explori...
I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.
It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it instantly. But there's also something glorious about having a record with a sleeve and looking at the artwork, putting it on the turntable...
So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.
I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands.
The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade.
Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on their stereos, and win hearts and minds.
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.
I've given up trying to understand what people think about me. It seems like a lot of people don't like the music we make and don't know me, or something.
