Manika Quotes

There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.

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.

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.

I want to write my own music, and I want to tour.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this, but I am an excellent writer for artists.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

Obviously, with me being a DJ, I have a love for music. One day I was like, 'OK. I'm tired of playing everybody else's music. I rather play my music.' So, that's kind of how the whole me doing music thing started.

I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people.

I'm not just a rapper. I like to produce music.

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

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

I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really describe what I do.

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

I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

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

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently.

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

I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.

About one or two songs per record is me doing a little bloodletting.