Angus Young Quotes

You want to hit people's ears to make them want to dance in their kitchen. So that is what a hit is to me.

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

I like to always do my best to make music catchy, so I think a very catchy melody is cool.

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.

I'm all about the melody.

I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.

It's always nice, no matter what style of music, as long as it's grooving and you feel that, I feel that's what makes... part of what makes a great song, for sure.

With 'Under the Pressure,' I just found two chords I liked, and built it up, did like a ten-minute drum pattern.

I think I have always made really beat-driven pop-rock records.

The focus is on melody: If you get it right, and it connects to the mass audience, it doesn't matter if it's a studio album or played on the dance floor.

The 'Hey Monday' songs were always glammed up to be this big production, and I definitely want there to be some bells and whistles like synth or drum loops, but for the most part, I want a simple yet powerful production.

I try to make explosive and catchy music, haha.

I look at making records like you make a dish. A culinary experience. The way you throw in a tambourine, it's like spices or herbs. The main part of the song is the stock.

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm.

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

I always wanted to make a pop record. I'm a dancer myself, so I want to make something that people listen to and just want to dance to.

Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song.

So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top.

I think there's a good pop song in pretty much anything.

I don't think I really make singer-songwritery-type music - it's not my strong point.

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.

Most popular records are action-packed to the last semi-quaver.