A. R. Rahman Quotes

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

It's a total big difference between a person that got lyrics and a person that can make hit singles. I'm a person that can make some hit singles. I'm not in no booth trying to be a lyrical genius. I'm preparing to make me some singles, and as I develop as a man, then they'll respect my emcee skills.

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

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.

I guess if I'd have more of a producer attitude, maybe I'd sell more records. But I'm basically a songwriter.

When you finish a song, your first thought is going to be, 'Is this song a hit?' I hate that we think that way, because it kind of takes a little bit of the meaning out of the songs that are being written, but you're definitely going to think, 'Can this song be put on the radio?'

Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much.

I think of the pop music that I've made in the past and hear on the radio as candy bars. And I was really good at making candy bars.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

I'm definitely interested in making more music and uploading new covers; I like to take suggestions because it's more fun if people know the song.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

The whole industry evolves around a great song.

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

I've never worried about how a new release will be received. I simply try to do the best I can and leave the rest to the gods. The music industry in those terms is something I loathe and detest. It conjures up images of a gigantic factory spewing out parts of the machine.

I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.