Adam Schlesinger Quotes

I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.

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

It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.

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.

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.

I write in the studio.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

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

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.

I would imagine that most of my writing is done spontaneously. I had no intention of writing, and then I'll just walk through the house, and I'll hear this melody, and I'll turn on the tape players and go back to it later on. Some days I'll get 3-5 songs a day.

My whole goal is to make good records and keep myself inspired and able to accomplish what I need to accomplish.

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

I work very closely with my publisher and just give them tons and tons of music, and then they link that with different songwriters and stuff. I'm basically a workaholic. So, I figured I might as well just start working outside.

I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.

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

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 think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

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

Whenever I can squeeze it in, I'm writing and recording.

The whole idea of doing an album is overwhelming sometimes. But, I get inspired when I get inspired and that's when it flows easily.

I'm constantly writing music and keeping myself busy somehow.

I don't really take time off between records; it's a compulsion for me.

When you're doing an album, you need to come up with something new, be creative.