Wayne Coyne Quotes

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.

Music's always been a huge part of my life, and my first record came out in 1981.

I think I made records, since early on, that people wanted to listen to.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.

Chance The Rapper makes some of the greatest music out, and he build his brand up organically, and the fans have reacted to it.

No I.D. executive-produced 'Under Pressure' and helped me find the Logic sound that's evolving every day.

'Fields of Gold' is my favourite record.

That's why I can't listen to a whole record of Adele's. She has the most amazing voice, but people must have convinced her they just want to hear love songs.

In the mid-1970s, I even decided to make my own country album. I put the idea to my record company, thinking we'd just go into the studio in the U.K. and make a novelty album. But instead, they suggested I go to Nashville. I was flabbergasted. I hadn't expected that at all.

I guess if you make quality music then it has a longevity and it will find its place.

I knew 'Hurt' way before Dad recorded it. In 1992, 'Downward Spiral' was one of my favorite albums.

Probably the first artist who really captured me was Tim McGraw. His songs 'Don't Take the Girl' and 'Indian Outlaw' were fun, and he was different than a lot of artists.

I'm crossing the EDM barrier.

The thing about hip-hop is, like, that the instruments were taken out of schools. But - you might have taken the instruments out of schools, but we'll take the records and sing over them!

I like '1989,' the whole album. 'Welcome to New York,' 'Blank Space,' 'Bad Blood' - all of it!

I went to college to make music and study music.

I didn't make music until I was about 18. I'd been playing my whole life, but I wasn't putting it out because I didn't feel like people would take it seriously. I thought people would be like, 'It's just like sad girl music - it's like Taylor Swift.'

I like Aimee Mann. Her album 'Mental Illness' is so good.

Because we are Nashville-based and predominately a country label, people obviously think of us in that way, and that's fine.

I've continued to pursue other interests in my downtime, but I'm glad I'm a musician. It's the perfect career for me.

I'm not a DJ, I'm not a scenester.

I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.