Macklemore Quotes

Making records should be fun.

Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.

It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing.

My whole goal is to make good records and keep myself inspired and able to accomplish what I need to accomplish.

I like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun.

There was a recording studio in my school, and I knew this kid who had a key, so I'd write lyrics in school while I was in class, and then, in a 10-minute break, I recorded the song 'Hurt' in one go at the school studio.

When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go.

I don't write; I just go in the booth.

If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself.

Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun.

I find that the quest to be perfect and make perfect music is like a black whole. I realize that you can come with the intention to capture a vibe and use a formula, but you have to accept that most of the time its not going to be what you envisioned and you might manifest something better. I think that's been the hardest thing to wrap my head around that most ideas we go for ends up sounding different. I think art in general should be about enjoying the process and the experience. All that matters is if you feel the music and it captures the element your going for.

It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two weeks without making a song and just making beats and I'll be OK.

When things get tough... Make good art.

If it takes you a year to cut a record, I don't know, you need to find something else to do. It really shouldn't take that long.

I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.

I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'

The 'Manipulator' record was really fun to do. It was far less heavy and draining, in an emotional way. It was just like making a rock record. It was just really fun.

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

I could make records at home in a vacuum, but that is not the situation. I'm just taking it one phase at a time.

I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it.

Whenever I can squeeze it in, I'm writing and recording.

Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.