Darius Rucker Quotes

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

I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.

I like songs that are simple.

A song is anything that can walk by itself.

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

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.

A rhyme doesn't make a song.

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.

I like 'I Can't Stand the Rain.' I like it because it has a really oriental feeling to it, an 'oriental taste,' it has an essence of Asia.

I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful.

The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.

I just love catchy melodies.

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

I love soft music, slow tracks and rap.

I like hooks and choruses, things people can sing to.

I like to sing R&B slow jams. It's always been my thing.

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song.

I make music for the hips, not the head.

If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance.

Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.

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.

Usually, my rhymes are just in my head. I start off with a theme, and once I start rapping and writing and singing, the chorus and all that, it just starts flowing. Then it's done in about an hour! I write a lot of songs.

When you're listening to the radio, you're hearing dance beats, all the bells and whistles, and 'Say Something' makes you quiet and forces you to listen.