Andy Taylor Quotes

My hope is to continue to make new music and go with the flow. I think I'll always be creative. I want to keep making good music, put myself into positions where I need to rise to the occasion of playing in front of an audience, and continually get better at what I'm doing.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

We didn't want to just be a cover group, we wanted to do our music, to be a band. Once we were able to do it, it was a little scary, but it was also something inspiring - something new, fresh for us to get into. It was amazing to see the reaction of our fans.

It's a great honor when somebody takes your song and does something different with it. That's what music is all about: to constantly change what somebody else has done.

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project.

There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling.

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

It's hard to make music when you're not excited about it. So trying new things and going for new things is something that I can enjoy doing.

What motivates us is always new music.

Many times in music, if you are given limitations, it expands the creativity.

You get very inspired on tour.

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

What I do is, I look at rock guitar players, and I say to myself, 'What is this guy doing? What does he have that can inspire me?' I try to see what other people are doing and take what they have and turn it and twist it into my own thing.

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.