Picture Quotes I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes 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 TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes 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 TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less than exactly what you feel you're supposed to do and squeezing every last drop out of life every day, regardless of the difficulties or trials that you face. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm actually introverted and shy. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I grew up listening to English music. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Crowds respond to anthemic choruses. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often times turns into the actual hook. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Everything that kills me , makes me feel alive —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Honest always sells. Always has, always will. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Im not interested in fad songs. —Ryan TedderWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this