Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.
I mean, music totally comes from your soul.
The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.
Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started...
I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.
He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record.
More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't like my music (laughs).
When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a new kind of record label to emerge.
There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.
Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.
Music in this film is a very important part.
I played piano, I learned a lot about music.
I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.
I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me.
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how t...
When I'm in America, I like to be near the sea, listen to music, watch films, read and write.
Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.
Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don't really care what's playing, they just know that they kinda like it or it's easy to drive to or it's easy to sing along to or whatever.
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through th...
Make your own music. It can be done.
Music is too important to be left to professionals.
