Jimmy Smits Quotes

So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing.

You never know what the public is going to respond to or relate to.

I write the songs and hand it over to the world and see what happens. But the things that I've written for people that have been hits, I don't know that I would have directed them in the right path, but they definitely wound up on the right path.

I write for myself; I'm trying to keep myself interested in the music. But at the same time, I want to make the songs relatable in a way; I want to keep melodies pretty simple and the lyrics open-ended so that people could maybe relate them to their own life in different ways. Something for everybody to have a piece of.

Pop music should be about young people.

At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart.

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that.

I don't separate architecture, design, or culture. What's more important is a language of creativity that carries meaning.

I like to write songs that people can identify with and sing along to.

We write songs that hit different people at different ages where they live.

'Bad and Boujee' connects with everybody.

Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own way and make their own meaning out of things.

Bands speak for us in this inevitable way that you can't get anywhere else because it is this perfect balance of artistic expression and popular culture.

My mom's favorite song ever is 'Imagine' because it came out around when she arrived in England.

You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal.

No matter where you're born or what country you're from, you connect with 'This is America.' It speaks to people; it connects right to your soul. It calls out injustice, celebrates life, and reunites us all at the same time.

What I really like to do with my music is these concept stories, and I always like to have some life philosophies in the lyrics.

Our goal is to focus on the unique points of view of our show creators but make shows that have broad appeal.

When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great songs connect beyond genre and style.

As I experience life, my music is gonna evolve. At the same time, I still do tell the stories from my world because there are unlimited stories and unlimited people from that place. I'll always represent them. As my life begins to change and I do different things, I still want to be able to tap in and relate to them.

Fashion and music are two great artistic forms that can be molded by the youth culture - our taste and our passion for evolving things in our limited time on earth allows us to look at things with fresh eyes.

The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our lives depend on them. I feel very emotional when I'm singing 'Rock Lobster,' but I've wanted to sing more about my personal experience.

I'd say most of the rest of the world are bigger Beatles fans than me. They'd know more of the songs and more of the lyrics - I don't really know that stuff. I just respect them.

I really want as many people as possible to relate to something, without compromising or dumbing down.

I grew up in a little bubble of Brooklyn in France! In Stains, I was learning to speak English; I was listening to Biggie Smalls and KRS-One, and so I basically lived the life by proxy. At the same time, I had the same problems and issues they were singing about right next to me, so it was easy to identify with it.