I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.
If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that you want to feel, and if music can do that it's a very special thing.
Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is.
Gay nightclubs offer better dance music.
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.
I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't over-intellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.
Some people just can't get over their own hang-ups to listen to my music.
I don't feel like I chose to do music as much as I made a decision to not stop doing music.
When I listen back to my music and everyone else that's out there, I'm aware that there's something I can do that the next guy doesn't do.
The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.
I've learned how much of an impact that music has on people. I get messages all the time from people telling me what my music means to them and what it has done to them.
I don't think I can ever escape from music.
Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.
For you, it's a silent movie. For us, it's a talking movie because we had lines on set. There's a lot of noise on set and music. We spoke in English, in French, in gibberish, but it was very alive. The challenge was tap dancing.
Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.
Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and it's kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they don't necessarily treat you i...
I listen to a lot of indie or rock music.
I can write music but I'm not much for words.
With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news.
I hate music, especially when it's played.
