Neal Brennan Quotes

I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance, and since '96, that guy has been producing at least one hit every summer and every winter. That's a pretty good resume.

Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake. For me, it would be more than an honor to work with these talented musicians.

There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry.

I like Macklemore.

People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

I'd love to see Kate Bush, full stop.

There are guys like Chance the Rapper; I'm a big fan of his.

All I can say is that I've had too many people in the hip-hop industry really like what I'm doing. I know where I'm coming from, and the album speaks for itself.

If there's one thing that I love as an entertainer, it's a spectacle. We all have looked up to either Michael Jackson or Madonna or Janet Jackson or anyone of those things. When I was in *N SYNC, I would watch any concert video ever and really drink it all in.

What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct from almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say.

Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.

As far as One Direction goes, and Mindless Behavior and all the other bands, I'm all for it, and if there's ever an opportunity to work with them, that'd be great.

I play in a band called 'Moi non plus' with some friends.

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it.

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.

I used to love listening to Jazzy Jeff.

I don't actually go to that many concerts.

Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like.

I've never been in a band, but I've hung out with a lot of musicians and helped them with their shows. It's something that I'm really drawn to.

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.

I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.