Latest Ryan Tedder Quotes from Interviews

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• I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.

  Ryan Tedder

  Song, Tests, Test Of Time

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• Any time you have a song that is directly connected to a very specific musical trend of the moment, you have immediately cut it off at the knees, doesn't matter if it goes to number one in the world, if you're too attached to a production style.

  Ryan Tedder

  Song, Cutting, Numbers

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• I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

  Ryan Tedder

  Ends, Middle, Left

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• Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

  Ryan Tedder

  Mean, Needs, Looks

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• I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.

  Ryan Tedder

  Making Money, Songwriting

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• I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.

  Ryan Tedder

  Artist, Giving, Stories

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• I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.

  Ryan Tedder

  Night, Bullshit, Stories

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• I can go write an absolutely saccharine pop record with a really catchy lyric for another artist that could become a hit without meaning anything to me, but that's more the science laboratory, that's the other thing.

  Ryan Tedder

  Writing, Artist, Records

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• There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.

  Ryan Tedder

  Past, Cynicism, My Past

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• I'm in an odd position because I write across so many genres for so many people and they all influence me, and if I'm going to write as honest an album as possible, it's going to be layered.

  Ryan Tedder

  Writing, People, Albums

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• The only thing contrived is the production - you can over-produce to the point you kill a good idea, you can under-produce so that the song's amazing but you'll have folks at a radio station saying they won't play it, so there's this balance, and it has to be true.

  Ryan Tedder

  Song, Play, Ideas

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• When life gives you the opportunity to check off a thing on the bucket list, you have to check them.

  Ryan Tedder

  Opportunity, Giving, Buckets

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• The difficulty in working with someone on a show like Idol or X Factor is they have an idea of what they think is cool in their heads, and it's important as a producer to maintain control of the session and not let it get side-tracked or chase too many rabbits. But it's also important to let the artist feel like their opinion matters, so that balance is difficult.

  Ryan Tedder

  Artist, Thinking, Idols

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• As for me, the only stuff I've ever had success with is when I'm trying to be completely original and not thinking about mirroring what else is out there.

  Ryan Tedder

  Thinking, Trying, Stuff

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