BoA Quotes

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting.

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you and that person have to come up with something special, come up with something that is excellent material, so whoever hears it and reviews it will like it.

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

To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know.

I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

I just want to make the best music I can make.

If what you do for a living is play drums or bass, then that defines you. You don't want to be some guy missing notes here and there; you want to really speak with it.

It's very rare that we play a gig and we all come off and say 'That was great, I had a great time!' There's always someone that's had a bad time. So the goal is always to achieve the next level of performing the piece that you've written. You're looking for something that you haven't even captured on the album.

Original music is always appreciated.

I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in three minutes of sweat and emotional outpouring, colored entirely from their thoughts.

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

I'll try not to let a day go by without making a song. I don't think I've created a lot of music.

I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

If I couldn't act, I'd really love to try music.

A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.

I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something that no ones ever heard before. You have music at your fingertips.