Richard Ashcroft Quotes

I'm always creating. Whether I'm writing a lyric or making a beat, every day I'm doing something.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

I can't legislate a song into being; it just will not happen for me.

I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.

I've already got notebooks full of ideas for new music, so I'm gonna kind of nurture that just like I do all of my ideas and perfect it until it's ready and then I'll just let it go.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.

The songs come along at their own pace when they are ready.

When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone.

When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.

I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.

I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.

Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.

To me, being in the studio is one of the most exciting parts about being an artist.

Big Pop songs are born of inspiration and spontaneity. The question becomes how do you create spontaneity when you're going into the studio five days a week?

Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it.

I stay in the studio diligently. I'm always trying to create.

Some songs just fall out of you. And some you have to wrestle out like an abscess.

I write songs every day, but I don't necessarily get to record them.

What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.

I've been composing and performing for as long as I can remember.

At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.

You're always thinking about making new music.

The songs will come as they come, and I'm excited because I haven't gotten to be really creative in a while. I'm excited to get back and do what I do and just write a song.

It's not that I'm trying to write another '7 Years' or a new version of 'Mama Said.' Songs just kind of come out of nowhere, and you need to catch them when they do.