Alexa Ray Joel Quotes

I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

If a song was ever good, it's still good.

I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.

There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.

I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.

I mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.

When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!

My kind of retro-sounding songs, or whatever you want to call them, aren't for everybody.

Honestly, the way I make music, you know - it's like, I don't want to sound cocky or anything, but I try my best to make time with music that doesn't have an expiration date.

I don't want to make music that is hot now; I want to make music that is hot forever.

I'm constantly trying to create timeless music that many people can gravitate to.

There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.

A lot of times, that's hard to capture: what you sound like in person versus what you sound like on record. If I had total control, I would do a lot of the old songs - not only my songs but Sam Cooke songs, Luther Vandross, melody songs. That's what I would really do if I had an opportunity to do a record.

You put an old Misfits record on, and it sounds like it came out yesterday.

I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.

I really like Holly Williams. I've said that a bunch, but her song 'Drinkin',' I just love it.

Effortlessly, I feel like my records have longevity.

You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want.

One thing with Backstreet Boys, we never try to rush out an album. We always try to make quality music that can stand the test of time.

Great music, timeless music is hard to come by, but there are some that are like that.

With my own music, I'm much more reluctant to say, you know, 'This record slaps!'

Timeless wearability has always appealed to me.

My favorite Taylor Swift song is between 'Blank Space' and 'Wildest Dreams.'

It was important for the first piece of original music that I release to have a timeless feel because that's the type of music I want to make.