Musician Quotes

I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.

Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material.

Four personalities are bound to clash.

But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury.

I was too shy to go and meet Princess Diana.

Arguments are healthy. They clear the air.

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.

What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?

The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy.

I've since become really good at overwhelming myself.

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.

I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.

I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.

I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.

For the last three years, I've been working on 'Bromst,' and that's all that encompassed my brain. And now that it's out, it will change the way that I think musically.

Some people take pictures; I write songs.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.

If you've ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.