Bebe Rexha Quotes

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

With Lady Gaga I really stretched myself as a creative director, and because I was with this artist from before she got signed I was able to really take control of the opportunity and execute as a creative director.

All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like 'Back in the High Life.' And, of course, that's not the way to make music at all. That's the tail wagging the dog.

Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt 'N' Pepa. Now, people have got the formula, and some of them are just doing it for the cheque. It's kind of watered down.

When I'm dealing with Britney Spears and Katy Perry, these massive brands, like, really, very Coca-Cola, you know what I mean? There are certain kinds of standards. There are risks you can take, and there's risks that you don't. And I think I'm interested in taking a little more risk in my own music.

We're all big fans of pop music; this is definitely the direction we've always wanted to head in.

I'm impressed with Ed Sheeran. I think he has a terrific point of view and a great mentality but I sense there is someone in the background saying to him, 'We need more love songs, Ed.'

When I made hip-hop, I made hip-hop. I didn't make R&B or make it for the radio.

With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing.

Music has been taken over in this country by personalities and dominated by rock 'n' roll. There's been a synthesizer invasion and it's not going to go away.

I want my music, whether it's sung by other people or sung by myself, to affect the way the Top 40 radio sounds. I want to heavily influence it with things that have come directly from my brain.

The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.

I would say that all the singles that I have put out are collectively just a small piece of the artist that Thomas Rhett wants to be.

I don't want to be subsumed into popular culture and played on the radio next to some garbage music.

I like working with people who are passionate about what I'm doing. I'm super passionate about music, so I want to make sure my colleagues and people on my team are the same, as well. I'm a very hands-on artist, so I don't give my work to my team.

We all like all of that, from 'Rubber Soul' to 'The White Album' and all of that, but even before, we were into that theatrical element of things. We didn't want to do a 'Sgt. Pepper's' thing.

England's a small nation, and the pop music industry is built on fashion.

You should be able to deliver what the artist you're working with wants.

The most important single fact about pop music in the Nineties, is the number of hours made commercially available increased by an estimated factor of ten.

My name is on the door, and I care very much about the design that gets put out. I'm sorry, but it has to be my way. You learn that by working for people like I. M. Pei. You think he isn't a design tyrant? Is Calvin Klein a tyrant? When it came to his dresses, he had to be.

I've always had a plan for my music career.

I'm not going to make a song just to make a song. The day that I make an album, it's so that people really know what Bad Bunny's about.