Sivamani Quotes

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people.

I write music for film because I love it.

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.

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

I've been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple of takes of a song and running out to check your email to talk to someone about video production really is not good.

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

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

I want to make the greatest record ever made. It's the only thing I can think about.

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.

T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.

I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.

I consider myself a composer.

Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

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

There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.

There's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

I wouldn't mind doing a soundtrack someday.