Tyler Joseph Quotes

We started 'Heaven And Earth' in 2016. That was probably the heaviest touring year of my whole life. We probably did almost 200 shows in 2016. We went into the studio, and I honestly didn't know what the album was going to be. So I just kind of started picking songs that I liked.

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.

We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

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.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live.

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance.

We always write way more than we put on a record. We always write a lot-lot.

That said, everything's important, and every musician who plays on the record is an integral part of it.

I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots of wonderful production on both record and onstage, and plenty of volume!

I wrote a whole solo album and recorded some of it, even did a little tour with Sara Lee and Gail Ann Dorsey.

We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on your project, you go ahead and record it instead of try to write it.

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.

I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements.

The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how can I sing this song and between the producers and the musicians you find a way of doing it.

I'd rather make music than tour.

Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.

A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.