At the end of the day, all people want to do is hear a great singer sing a great song. They don't care about what vocal changes it went through. You can't screw up a great song and a great singer.
I don't chase what everyone else is looking for. Being creative is all about you.
We all get caught up in the process, especially when you have a wave of success. But to me, being creative is not about rehashing everything you've done over and over. It's to continue to grow, continue to get better.
When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one."
I don't want to impress somebody, I want to move somebody. Say the most with the least.
Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.
A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.
Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play."
It would be fun to go back and see where all my songs stopped, because I think I'd have every number in the top 100. It never ceases to amaze me. It still hurts when one doesn't work, because you put your heart and soul into it.
I've never been in the studio where it felt like I didn't have a voice. Whether I was co-producing or producing by myself, this community is the one place where I really see democracy at its purest.
It's so much more interesting when you're human. I hate making mistakes, but I'm not afraid of 'em.
I've always been the high harmony singer. It's never my job to know the verses! But I know the chorus of every song ever made.
When I look back, I don't remember the best of the best. I don't remember arena shows with 20,000 people. I remember funky little bar gigs where nobody shows up. The weirdest of the weird are what you retain.
I never aspired to be up front. When I was a kid, I didn't ever look in the mirror with a hairbrush going, "Hey, I'm Elvis!"
My mom said, "What I want is a happy kid, not a rich kid. That's what I root for." She saw how much joy I got from playing music, and those years were leaner than lean!
I've always felt like every note of a song is of equal value.
Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.
I'm the guy who loves being in the supporting cast.
I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - in addition to the artists.
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