Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out. "

Related Quotes:

" You never know what I'm gonna do. "

" I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at. "

" The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that. "

" I love to dance. I have always been the first on the dance floor, but I'm not teachable. I couldn't learn 'five, six, seven, eight' if my life depended on it. "

" 'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals. "

" I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted. "

" When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity. "

" Usually, the song will tell me who it belongs to. It seems clear to me who would do a good job with it, who it suits. "

" People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff. "

" When you're entertaining all day long and that's your work, you end up really very tired. You don't have a lot of energy left over for your loved ones. "

" About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time. "

" I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot. "

" I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics. "

" I think it's impossible not to see something you wanted happen to someone else and maybe wish it for yourself. "

" Probably from, like, 10 to 14 or 15, I would just listen to pop radio. "

" I try not to do too much self-analysis apart from when I'm actually paying $170 an hour for it. I try to keep it in the room. "

" I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" I liked Olivia Newton-John. "

" I really don't know anything about music. I don't really listen to it. I don't know anything about the history of music. "

" Fame made me develop a panic disorder. "

" I guess I don't know if I'm comfortable with fame or touring or promo or any of that stuff, and I really discovered that I love working for people and co-writing and working under someone. "

" I think I managed to trick people a little bit into thinking I'm more arty by making creative, artistic, visual work and applying it to commercial music. Maybe. I don't know. "

" I don't really identify as gay; I don't really know what I am. "

" I have so much to thank reality TV for. "

" I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. "

" I think that the stuff I write for pop music is terribly, terribly cheesy. "

" I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them. "

" We all need to stand together and be a part of creating the future we hope to see. "

" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks. "