Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have... →
Matthew Sweet
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... →
It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my own and sort of explore. I never felt... →
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... →
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... →
People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining... →
Taylor Swift
A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music... →
I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs... →
For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.
My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.