When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time that happens, I never write... →
Benny Blanco
Everything needs to be catchy because a listener is either going to stay with the song or lose interest in the first five seconds. But people also... →
I let the song come to me. Then that thing comes to you, and you just know what that thing is. Music isn't like a 9-to-5 job. You never know.... →
When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm writing a song, someone else brings a vibe.... →
I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real.
Mary J. Blige
I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.
I like 'Goodbye My Lover' because it's a really personal song and I recorded it in my landlady's bathroom in Los Angeles. She had a... →
James Blunt
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct... →
It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.
On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive excitement.