Rivers Cuomo Quotes

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers.

I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.

Acting comes first. I would love to make an album. I was at an event... for Dionne Warwick, and we got to go in the studio and go crazy. I love singing, but it's very time consuming. I have to make time for it.

We make songs like a factory and put them out.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

I want to write my own music, and I want to tour.

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album.

I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.

There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.

I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.

We'll probably be working on another album in the next few months here.

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.