Sondre Lerche Quotes

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.

You can't make music on your own for your whole life.

I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone.

I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.

I have a lot of songs, and I'd love to do some more recording with the band.

I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.

I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.

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

I feel like I can make records where, you know, I can get in the alley and exchange bars with Styles P, but I can also get in the studio and create a classic with Rihanna.

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 started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd always thought of, but I'd never really had the confidence.

I view making records as a journey.

The way Beyonce works, the song is a jigsaw piece and then she will piece various elements.

I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people.

Some artists send their verses, and others record in my studio. Depends. I prefer them being there.

I'd say 99 per cent of the time I write on my own, just with my guitar, and then it's trying to figure out what it needs in a production sense.

I called the guys from Promise of the Real, whom I've been playing with, and they were all on the road. Right after I hung up the phone, I wrote another song and started writing another, and I'm going, "Hey, I can't wait. I should be doing this now!" My experience tells me that when it's there, it's there, and you can't make it wait. So I got Jimmy Keltner and Paul Bushnell, two good guys, and went in and did this record ["Peace Trail"].

I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.