Russell Smith Quotes

I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge.

Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song.

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands.

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.

Our songs all carry the same way.

Lyrics is the face of any song. The combination of composition, lyrics and singing is what makes a song a song.

I just love catchy melodies.

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

Sound is more than just noise. Ordered sound is music. My life is music.

As long as it's good music, that's what's important.

Music is organized sound.

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.

You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody.

The song I like to do is 'Dead.' I'm constantly playing that one.

Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.

I like songs that are simple.

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

Music is beautiful. Yes, music is great. My music's great.

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

Music is so unpredictable, but it's universal.

As a producer, when I'm trying to make something soft, I start with a slow tempo. Then after that, it would be straight to acoustic guitar and vocals, or I'm going to go strings and just piano.

It varies from song to song, but melody was always easy for me.