Paul Shaffer Quotes

The appreciation that we received after the release of the audio of 'Every Night and Day' is all because of Iulia Vantur. According to me as a composer of this song, she made this song sound very fresh.

I love the whole aspect of music, especially the singing; I never get tired of finding new songs to sing and sing them in a way that's interesting for the public.

When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes.

I knew 'Promises,' and I knew 'Never Fall In Love Again,' only from the radio, from being a kid; and of course, that 'House is Not a Home' and 'Say A Little Prayer.'

I used to listen to a lot of music in my studio - all the time. But as far as the music that interplays with my work, what I've done and still do is keep a lyric book and song title. The material typically comes from Eartha Kitt, Betty Davis, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston.

Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful.

I love Erykah Badu. Every time I listen to her music, I'm, like, laying out all the instruments in the song, like, how I would loop it.

Ooh Poo Pah Doo' was a monster song.

I'd love to do something with Bruno Mars because I love his voice and the playful and intelligent way he delivers a song.

People aren't taking their time with the music no more. There's less quality in the records.

I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the music of Nina Simone, and it was me and Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo.

I am a pop and R&B singer. I'm not necessarily an Indian singer or musician. I sing in English, and the music I do blends hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul.

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the biggest hip-hop records of all time once you actually analyse it.

I remember, when I heard Jeff Buckley's 'Grace,' on first listen I just thought it was such a great song.

Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But singing other people's songs can be an intensely personal experience. I want the songs to be vessels that people fill with their own imagination, the same way that I fill it with my thoughts and feelings.

I want to reach back to when R&B meant something, to when it made impressions on people.

I like old Ashanti and stuff like that. I like a lot of old R&B music.

A lot of music influences me in other ways than this, but I've always taken a lot of influence from Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean, and Jeff Rosenstock for the Rex music. They were also the first three artists that released albums where I enjoyed every song.

When I went to university, I was a music major. Timpani was my specialty, and voice.

I love having my voice on my songs now, but it also means a lot to hear that another artist likes your song enough to cut it and put it on their album. It's a special kind of compliment.

I'm into the old school. I listen to rock, soft rock, jazz, old school R&B.

I just want to get to that point where I'm able to fully create music that's good lyrically and quality-wise as far as the way it's knocking and everything.

Even as a little kid, I just loved to make my own music. So I loved singing, and I loved sharing it because it was a way to connect to people.

My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.

When I started singing, I was covering Lauryn Hill, Brandy, and all the girl groups of the '90s. It's just what I would listen to and what I was singing when anybody asked me to sing for them.