Bella Thorne Quotes

I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

When I wrote songs like 'Everyone I Love is Dead,' I never thought about how I was going to execute them live.

I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.

When you're on tour, you're trying to get the crowd involved and really sing and perform to them. When you're going to write and be in the studio, it's like, 'Now I have to think about me.' That's the mind-set you have to work with.

Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.

I can't act without music very well.

I really look forward to putting on a record. I love writing music and think that may be my strong suit even more than singing. I can't wait to take that music on tour and share it with as many people as I can.

For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And I just did it.

I just love being in the studio, and that's kind of what I do when I'm not on the road. I'm just in the studio messing with stuff, and I love playing all the instruments.

I'm hoping to work on some original songs and to keep performing in front of a crowd as much as I can.

The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform.

For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

We're always in the studio pretty much, either at home or on the road, trying to come up with new ideas and stuff.

If I'm not on tour or doing a show, I'm in the studio.

I do a few shows every year, but I'm mostly at home, making music. Day and night.

It's always important for us to record, so if we're not performing live, that's what we're doing.

That's the nice thing about being a live act. I can get the audience, but it's for the moment. It's like, 'Can I do it tonight?' And you can see when people like you. But on record - and with the pen - it's almost for all time. Really, a lot more thought has to go into it.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live.

I've got to the point where I just get on with it and the content of what I put on the records is determined from what I learn from the audience, from what works live, from what I want to hear when I go to a club or what I'd like to play when I get home.

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.