Music Expectations Quotes

The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That's not what they want to hear from me, because if they want to hear that they can go get the real thing.

We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi.

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

I'm a huge Joe Nichols fan, and he put this song out an album called 'Real Things.' I was excited for Joe when I heard it, thinking 'that will easily be Joe Nichols' career song.' I was even more excited when they got out of that album and they never released it as a single, because then I was like, 'Now that's gonna be my career single.'

I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.

There are so many different points to 'Wild World,' and it sounds quite different to what people would expect from us.

I've felt like my last name put pressure on me as an artist. If you're going to call yourself "Legend," you'd better make some good-ass music.

We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or shouldn't do since our music is a little bit poppier.

People will assume what a record is going to be like and they are loath to even give it a listen.

I always hate when, like, my favorite performer has a boring moment. Especially when they got mad hits.

I think when people think of music from coming from Oklahoma, they think of Toby Keith or even Garth Brooks or even Woody Guthrie. People think, "Why do we have to just be about the Bible and about football? Why can't we be about something like the Flaming Lips?" And I salute them! I say, "Well, that's great if you want that."

Bob Dylan is great. I've been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, 'Bob Dylan!'

I'm not one of those artists who doesn't want to play their most popular songs.

There's always pressure on the second album - this one has to be the big one.

I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

I would be quite happy never to play any of my better-known songs again. But unless you're Dylan, you can't afford to completely disregard what your audience wants.

I'd had my whole life to write my first album. I had my No. 1 and my third single out, and they go, 'Hey, guess what? We need to start recording the next one.' I'm like, 'Uh oh, I got to write another album. Well, how am I gonna write 'Should've Been a Cowboy' and 'Ain't Worth Missing' and all that again?' It took me forever to write the first one.

For me, if we're going to have a guitar solo, it needs to be over the top.

Journalists constantly ask Metallica if the success of their new album means they've had 'the call' to record a Zeppelin cover album yet.

We've put out records that consistently have been what the fans have been looking for from Disturbed. We've been consistent with our live performances. As long as we continue to maintain that level of trust with our fanbase, I think they'll still be there.

As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I really like to let go of any rules that may exist.

I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song.

That's why I can't listen to a whole record of Adele's. She has the most amazing voice, but people must have convinced her they just want to hear love songs.

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.