Taeyang Quotes

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past.

For 'Dynamite,' Max and Luke went to dinner and left me with a melody, and then I put it together.

If you want to be a songwriter, you've got to obsess over it.

I'm the biggest Drake fan - my favorite is 'Tuscan Leather' because it's like three songs in one, and for somebody that's obsessed with keys, the outro has the best keys ever.

As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song.

I was constantly in the studio at my home writing ideas that would later become 'Hotel California' or 'Victim of Love.'

I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.

It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.

As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song. It's easy to admire a great song, and you want to share out of enthusiasm.

I've been gearing up for this future of writing a lot of new music by digging into my favorite old stuff, and twisting it around and highlighting the things I really love.

I'm definitely interested in making more music and uploading new covers; I like to take suggestions because it's more fun if people know the song.

In high school I was making beats for my friends and for myself and rapping over them.

I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it.

I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

It's no longer necessary to slave over the vocals. I don't sing the lyrics until I write them, and singing is the very last thing I do. I record the entire track, and then I worry about lyrics and vocals. The music will suggest where the words are going to a certain extent.

I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else.

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song. What do I write about? I never know.

It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

I didn't write songs for a very long time.

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.