Ananya Birla Quotes

I rather create better music and let that talk, than me going out and dissing other musicians in public.

I'm not even going to lie - when I'm in the studio, I'm not like, 'Alright, let me make a hit.' I just try to make good music to the best of my ability.

Well the first record is something that you just put so much into. And the second record, people always talk about the sophomore jinx and everything, but I was still able to get through it and still focus on what I needed to do and make timeless music.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear.

Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.

I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to.

I just try to make the best music that I can. People are going to label it whatever they're going to label it.

I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.

I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.

I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them.

You can't take people's opinions personally. Usually what people say about it is a reflection of them own issues.

I feel like everything I do in the hip-hop world has an influence. People don't really notice what I did until somebody else does it. As far as hip-hop goes, I want to continue to make good music, and good art. I don't really follow the state of hip-hop.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

And of course, the musician - if he's serious - always answers: My last album is my best, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.

My aim is just to make good music every single time.

I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.

My 'Glee' experience taught me - to a certain degree - not to listen too much to fan backlash, at least to negative things. Once you have the job, you have the job, and you've got to do it.

To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.

I make it a point to listen to a song before being a part of it to ensure that there is nothing offensive or downgrading.

What's wrong is wrong, and that's absolutely acceptable, and I understand that people get hurt by things that people say that are hurtful, and we should be able to say that when someone says something that hurts us, that it hurts us.

It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.

I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it.

Before saying, 'This track is so dope; it's gonna go on the album,' I like to take some time away from it and see how I feel about it in a few months. If it's gonna get released, I gotta love it - it's gonna have my name on it forever.