Dominic Fike Quotes

I've had the honor to be in sessions with great artists.

I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a studio and the tracks, and I'll call you when the doctor is done.

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

When you produce an album, you're dealing with it theatrically. It has to have a structure, and the inner response to that is that the ear loves it.

By the end of it, you never know how it's going to turn out. Hopefully if I pick the right songs and put the right melodies on it and all the collaboration works out. it's a win-win situation.

I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.

I like creating something from nothing and hearing it on the radio or on stage or from somebody driving down the street singing it. It's like building a house, taking a vacant piece of land, and next thing you know, there's a house with somebody living in it.

I'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat all of the artists that I work with, like, you know, the way da Vinci was looking at Mona Lisa, you know, there's an interesting backdrop.

There's the drums, the music, the melodies, the lyrics, the production, the artwork: there are so many elements to making an album, and the drumming is just a very small fraction of what I focus on.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

Jeff always had a huge part in making a song a record. You felt like you were capturing lightning in the studio. It was never boring. He always was there to serve the song.

An album takes a lot of work and energy and dedication to make.

Even when I'm making my own solo records, I'm collaborating with people. It keeps things interesting for me.

I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.

At times, I will get in the studio and force myself to just write an entire front-to-back record, and 'Let Me Go' is one of these.

I'm not really gonna stop. We've got so much stuff to do, so many songs we talked about, so many things to record.

The act of song writing and recording became one and the same to me; because I essentially recorded everything I did from the day I began trying to write songs. I've always had a lot to say. I'd always written poems.

It's pretty amazing to write under any circumstances when someone gives you an assignment to write a song, even if it doesn't get accepted. I've written songs a couple of times, some for Disney, that haven't actually ended up in their films, but then you're left with a song forever.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.

There's not a lot of thinking that I need to do away from the studio on Broken Bells stuff.

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.