Suzy Bogguss Quotes

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

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

I enjoy making music and take my time to do everything until it is 'perfect.'

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I love making music. I love being involved in arranging music. It's very natural to know what I want to hear next and come up with ideas that are variations of what might be good.

It's rare when you stumble upon this amazing melody. We'd love to make a 'Let Me Love You' every time we go into the studio, but it's definitely a special one.

Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it.

'Bright Star' has been designed and the songs have been formulated around the way that I sing. That is the biggest gift of anything.

When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

I'm just thinking about the vision for how I want my music to go and what I want it to say. I'm always creating in a way, even if it's just thinking about it.

People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song.

I tend to have a lot of songs ready for each record I do anyway. I always have. I was thinking, the more you write, the better chance you're going to come up with a collection of stuff that is going to work together.

I like to think about the quality, content, and concept for my music because I think these are the most important things and it just molds everything together.

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

The act of song writing and recording became one and the same to me; because I essentially recorded everything I did from the day I began trying to write songs. I've always had a lot to say. I'd always written poems.

I write my music.

'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate because you're trying to make the sounds in your mind and in your voice. So I compose while I'm driving or in the shower.

I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

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.

I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.