Tift Merritt Quotes

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

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

The most frustrating thing for musicians who want to play stuff from the new album is when everyone goes out to buy a beer.

It was a pleasure to work with Destiny's Child in the beginning of their career. Working in the studio with Beyonce was a lot of fun. She's an extremely hard worker, perfectionist, and a talented writer.

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I get to go make music, and I get paid to do it, and this is what people love me for. I couldn't ask for anything greater, so how could I not go in the studio and make a million songs?

I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.

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'm not one of those spoiled rock stars who complains about how tedious it is to perform my old hits.

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

People assume that a lot of pop artists don't write their songs. That, for me, is super frustrating because I think it detracts from some of the art and some of the craft of what we do. I'm at the helm of it, and I think that is what people don't see.

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 honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

Love your job, stay punctual, and appreciate everything!

I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.

I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter. I found out that was a job, that someone would pay you to sit in a room with a guitar and make up songs! It is the greatest job in the world. I wrote three or four songs a day. That's what I lived for.

I'm a musician, and I'm not interested in being in the Houses of Parliament.

I've been kept from honest employment for a long, long time now. Thank God!

It's a good job when you get to have fans come up to you and thank you for writing your songs.

I feel blessed that I got an opportunity to work with the likes of A. R. Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar among others.

In between jobs, you think your luck has run out, but they keep on letting me do what I love to do. I really can't complain.

I will continue making music, whether or not I get opportunities in films. I know I have fans who like to listening to me sing.

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.