Ravyn Lenae Quotes

It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better?

We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.

In my mind, my music feels so big, a true production.

My first album was very eclectic and very soft as a vocal expression.

Good, effective pop music isn't just verbal language. It takes a good physical beat to make you feel something.

When I walked into the studio, the chorus of 'Nobody Love' was already set. For me, the challenge was to make it have depth.

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.

I'm not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get bored with it. These long solos? OK, already. You know your scales, big deal. I know it, too, but I don't want to do that.

I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song.

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano and you kinda just write it. And then of course later there's some dinking around with it and changing some stuff.

Every single note on this album is there for a reason.

I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.

I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.

There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

Music is definitely influential on how I approach my scenes.

I believe that melody is such a lost part of music and country music. People are either scared of it or not using all the colors that are available.

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.

For me, it's always just about playing the song and recording it and giving it what it needs as a song.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

We actually have some pretty good songs. But if they come out too serious, then we have to scrap them.

I love to make everything as much about the music as possible.