Idris Elba Quotes

That's the cool thing, when I get to work with people I love. The biggest has probably been Kris Kristofferson on 'Bloodworth.'

I'd love to work with Cher Lloyd; that would be my dream person to work with.

My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.

The only person I've worked with on my album was Kanye. And between the stuff that I've done and the stuff that he's assisted on and produced for me for this album, I don't even need anything else.

Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds of songs that I want to sing, because I'll write, you know, hundreds of songs. Even though only 12 appear on the album. That's 12 that I've chosen to sing of my catalog.

If you're working with a producer like Rick Rubin or whatever, you sing each line probably 30 different ways. Each time, they're like, 'Can you try it this way? Can you try it that way?' That's each line in the song, for each song.

I spent about a total of one year preparing for the 'Want' album.

Back in Korea, I'm always in the studio with YG people. I'd be given a song, and I'd cut it.

I've always wanted to produce a whole album for an artist.

And I had such a great working experience with Paul during the 'RAM' album.

Having Dierks Bentley on a song is one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to experience. For one, him agreeing to do a song with me but two, getting to share that moment in the studio.

Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make records with.

I was like, 'If I bang your thing, will you bang my thing? Will you sing on my album?' And he was like, 'Yeah, of course.' So I've got Robbie Williams on my album. Robbie Williams on grime.

In the 1990s music was a beautiful collaborative process between the composer, lyricist and director. They would exchange ideas and magic used to happen.

It is quite normal these days to record a song in the absence of the composer.

I can find myself in a situation where, by the time I'm releasing an album, I have the next one written. It is a bit old school.

I started singing backgrounds for Mary Mary and Usher during 'Confessions.' Then I jumped to working with Anthony Hamilton, Jill Scott; jumped again to Kanye West, The Killers. I kept saying, 'OK, this is the last time; then I get to do my music.'

I got a couple on per album but my problem was that I wanted to sing the songs and not let Roger sing them.

One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.

My dream collaboration would probably be Sam Smith.

All I want to do is sing on other people's records.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.