Syd Quotes

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.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

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

I'm so into making music and being behind the scenes. I'm such a visionary person that I don't see myself being the person in front of the camera or the person in front of the mic.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

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

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

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

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.

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

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

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.

Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing the kinds of songs that I want to sing, because I'll write, you know, hundreds of songs. Even though only 12 appear on the album. That's 12 that I've chosen to sing of my catalog.

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

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.

I can't stand making records.

I put a song out for fun, from 'Lucky Them'... I wrote another one called 'Love Song.' I really liked that.

I make music almost, like, every day. But I don't release a lot of music.

I'm used to producing all of my projects, doing all the beats, and writing all the hooks.

I like making sounds and putting it together, I'm not just a singer or a producer.

I design music; I don't produce it.

I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as possible.

We're always recording music, writing songs.

I started making music by myself and figuring all of that on my own.