Jose Gonzalez Quotes

I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my persona. I want it to be a pleasant experience that's not just about hearing my voice. I remember some singers whose voices were so pretty, it didn't matter what they sang - you loved it.

I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions.

I privilege the music over the lyrics.

My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads.

I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song.

I never want to be too mean with my songs, but with 'I Hope It Rains' it was definitely somewhere in the middle with being sassy but also a little class in there as well. It was a good blend for me and who I want to be perceived as an artist.

I don't think I really make singer-songwritery-type music - it's not my strong point.

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.

The songs in 'Wonderland' don't have a melodic life for me - I'm not a musical person - but they have an emotional life, an emotional echo perhaps.

I'm not just a chick singer who sings high all the time.

I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.

I like the fact that I have the power to convey a lot of emotion through my songs. I like to channel that when I'm singing. I think it's just a mix of R&B, soul, but then I kind of move more into the pop world and electronic pop and stuff like that.

When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.

There's a lot of vulnerability in songs - I'm not talking about pop songs - from people that are in the art of songwriting more than the commercial enterprise of it.

Hank Williams seemed, like, so total to me, so committed to the lyric. He would actually rip the ends of the words off at the, you know - the end of the sentence. It sounded like he'd bite into the word and rip it off.

Essentially I'm a melody person in a rhythm age, and that's what Broadway is really about, the songs.

Music is the medium. Words merely enhance the composition.

I want to keep the same kinda vibe where we've got the dance element and hip-hop. I'm going to be singing a lot more, and I want to write more heartfelt songs.

Music really does just boil down to basically, essentially songwriting chords and melodies.

I'm attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.

Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.

I am a singer; my job is to create music and harmony. Wherever I see harmony, I would go towards there.

People tend to put too much focus on the lyrics. It's not the be-all and end-all of our songs.

I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.

I want to make some happy music.