I even have nephews who make music, my daughter makes music. I don't know what advice to give them these days. It's really a tough industry to break into.
There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The more remixes we can give them, the more interesting those nights have got to be.
I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.
All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.
Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.
Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.
I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
Music, not sex, got me aroused.
What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.
I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to.
I'm amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I haven't heard anything like it since. I'm quite surprised, because a lot of the music on there we never heard at the time.
We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be like any of the other bands.
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.
I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.
I think there's always been progressive R&B music.
I always had a fascination with music.
I associate creativity with independent music.
'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.
It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.
I'm really excited to put music out that is a clear projection of my lifestyle.
