Roger Daltrey Quotes

People like me for my songwriting and production, not my singing.

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

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 didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

I want to write my own music, and I want to tour.

Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

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

All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.

I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice.

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.

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.

In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future.

The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot down a few notes, they have the idea that they can write songs.

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

Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my sound. The first session I had was with two young up-and-coming writers, Nick Atkinson and Tom Wilding, and I went into a session a bit nervous because I hadn't written that many songs before.

When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers.

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.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

'I'm Sorry' was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings.

Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this, but I am an excellent writer for artists.

I want to produce the best popular music I can.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.