Tablo Quotes

People keep putting limitations on themselves and creating this reality that soul music is dead. That's only in their reality. It's not true. To me, Adele is R&B. Bruno Mars is R&B. It's just good songwriting and songs. That is going to last.

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time.

I don't want people buying my records for this summer's hit. I want people buying them because they're interested in what Ministry will have to say in the future.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic.

I always take care to have interesting chord progressions, because you can have the best sound design in the club, and you'll kill it in the club, but in five years, kids will have better sound design. But if your music is good, you'll always be able to listen to it, even in 20 or 50 years.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

A good song is a good song whatever your age.

You look at what One Direction has done and just say, 'That is just lucky;' it is not. It is happening because they are talented boys, good looking lads; and yes, their songs might not be the typical songs that lots of radios want to play, but they are great songs, pop records, that are massive across the world selling in huge numbers.

The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.

Good rock music always tends to be around.

I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.

Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.

A good song never gets old.

I guess if you make quality music then it has a longevity and it will find its place.

The only way to have longevity is to have good songs.

I never think any song really feels like a 'hit' - a song either feels good or bad, in my opinion.

Social media can sometimes influence the charts, but I think that only great music makes it to the top. The good songs make it.

I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song.

My friends and I have often discussed the plausibility of a connection between qualitatively bad music and quantifiably successful music, often citing the example of Candlebox and their paradoxical influence on culture.

I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.

It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career.