Music Intention Quotes

I really try to be aware of the purpose of each song. There are songs on my record that I want people to have sex to, and songs people can listen to when they're pissed off.

There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.

I wouldn't say making psychedelic music is my focus. That's not the modus operandi for Tame Impala. It's about making music that moves people.

I'd never intended to write a Christmas hit - I was a serious musician!

Somewhere along the line, music became 'content'... It's my full intention to bring it back to music again! I believe in the power of song.

Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.

I didn't want to just be making music randomly and not have any direction.

I'm not the type of artist that's like, 'Let's go out and party and dance your life away!' I think those artists are so cool, but I wanted meaning in my songs and they have messages.

I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.

My intent is never to leave Latin music. I definitely still want to release bachata albums.

It's really weird being placed into something like that because it was never an intention to make bedroom pop. I was just making music. All the people that have that genre placed on them are not the first people to have a home studio and and post it on the Internet.

I think my intention was there, and my love for the music was apparent. And there are very few singers who get up and desire to take the kinds of risks that jazz musicians routinely need to be taking.

With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.

I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, 'Let's just write some scary music.'

What's funny for me is that I made a lot of the music I make with intentions of it being a song you listen to, to chill out.