Martin Fry Quotes

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 did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.

I would like to work with Ed Sheeran at some point. I really admire his songwriting, and I just think he has a great voice and great artistry. Who else? On the producer side of things, definitely Diplo: that'd be awesome.

There are definitely a lot of creative people I want to work with. I wanna work with Drake!

If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it.

I am a pop and R&B singer. I'm not necessarily an Indian singer or musician. I sing in English, and the music I do blends hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul.

When I started college, I wrote a song 'Pee Jaun,' with a friend. I never intended to make mainstream music, but that song did really well and I got some recognition.

I naturally make commercial music: it's never been a calculated decision to make pop music. I'm a genuine pop music fan.

It was immaterial to me that Elvis didn't write his own songs. Those were very different days, and he selected whatever suited him best from material supplied by publishing houses and teams of writers - all of whom were extremely conscious of his style of delivery.

Broken Clocks' is actually a song I produced for my boy River Tiber featuring my boy Daniel Caesar.

It is quite normal these days to record a song in the absence of the composer.

I would love to work with Calvin Harris because I think he's a really good songwriter and producer and he does everything, which I like.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

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

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

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

Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, they didn't write everything they recorded, and they've had major, major careers. I think it's all about the best song.

I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15. Then the next encounter I had was with I think Peggy Lee. I sang background with The Blossoms with Darlene Love.

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.

Growing up, my favorite group was New Edition. I loved the opportunity to do the remix to Bobby Brown's song 'Get Away'. I told myself that I would have my own group like New Edition one day.

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.