Mark Foster Quotes

I had sittings with Akshay Kumar during 'Airlift.' People who are passionate about music get involved in the making of the songs. I used to have a good interaction with him.

I would love to work with Calvin Harris because I think he's a really good songwriter and producer and he does everything, which I like.

I'm always making beats, and when I can hear Ezra singing on one of them in my head, I send it to him. That's one of the ways that we've always worked together.

I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music collaboratively.

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.

I feel like Turbo helped me grow. It's the way we just lock in. His mind is set to where he'll start making beats to my flow and my sound. He's not an engineer, but he knows how to record.

From the end of 2015 to the start of 2016, I was always at the studio with Mustard, just figuring out a sound.

I try to make music, all kinds of music, whether it be singing or rapping.

I'm only really good at making music. I wasn't convinced when I started out, but then I heard the first Stone Roses' LP.

That's really important in a producer - a producer that can step up and play a keyboard, play a bass, play a guitar, and help you with things instead of just saying, 'I think this could be better.'

You kind of have to have no ego to be a producer and a songwriter.

Me and Thugger could make nine songs in a day and then choose which songs we like the most and think is gonna do something. With other people, it's like, we pick one song, and we hope it's the one.

When I go in the studio with Post, I have a really good idea of what he's going to gravitate to, what we can work with.

I really just like making music. People call that 'work.' Like, 'Oh, you're going to the studio to work?' No, that's even what I do in my off day. I love recording.

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

You should find the dopest producer in your area, and that producer is always going to want songs written to his beat.

I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him.

Puffy produced four of the tracks on the album. Those are the four songs that are collaborations between Puffy and me. And he gives me my space to work even when we work together, like with my producer and my vocal coach.

Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry.

I like pop music. Earnestly. Most of the greatest technicians, mix engineers, and players are working in pop music.

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.