DJ Khaled Quotes

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

Put out great music, and that's that.

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.

I am not a big artist myself. I am, I guess, a somewhat successful songwriter now, but I think that my value is Ghost and my writing via Ghost.

Non-film music is a different world together, and unlike films, usually there are no actors, actresses or other superstars to help you carry the song, they can only share and support.

Working with Babyface was legendary.

I've never gone to a singer with a song and said 'why don't you try this?' or tried to get a record like that. My head just wasn't there.

For years, I wrote songs to try to get cuts or try to have hits or try to appease a label or to be famous. I was learning a lot of valuable tools about structure and how to articulate. I was getting really good at that.

Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much.

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

I live a normal life. But I'm always thinking about what I'm going to do next, musically. 'Do I need a fresh producer? What was Peter Gabriel doing when he was 32?'

I'm also working on a track for Howard Hewett, and a theme for a new NPR show.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.

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

I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

I have done a bit of recording and the songs are available on iTunes, and I've got some nice comments. It's something I enjoy doing, but I'm not looking for a singing career any time soon. As long as one person gets enjoyment out of it, I'm happy to make it available.

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.

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

I produced a song for Bobby Vee called Get The Message.