The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.
I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
If you put out quality music, you're always going to be in a good place.
Don’t listen to music that is degrading.
This is one of the earliest concerns expressed regarding music with degrading lyrics.
The most important thing is to make quality music that will last.
I've had mixtapes that have been better than albums I've heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.
I really think there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And I'm just trying to be on the side of making good music.
In the end, the best music will always rise to the top.
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.
I don't go in the studio to make music that won't matter. I go in every night to try to make a point and make the best music that I can make.
I felt my music wasn't aiming at anybody. Everything I was doing was because it was a good song.
If it's good music, it's good music.
I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you and that person have to come up with something special, come up with something that is excellent material, so whoever hears it and reviews it will like it.
As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit, and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great.
The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the better. They'll not only understand the business aspect, they'll also have a true passion and ear for how quality is represented musically.
People should listen to my music because it's good.
If it's a band I like, I just hope they will survive it all. And I'll admit that if it's crap music, I hope they won't and it'll go away. Simply because there are too many great bands who should be heard in their place.
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
I feel like it's my responsibility to be the greatest I can be. If I go out there and start making terrible music, I don't expect people to like me. If I'm making great music and there's no reason for people to not like me, that's when it's going to make me upset. People just need to take a chance and listen.
I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a band and force people to like them or you can just find good bands and people will like them anyway.
I think one of the areas of favor and grace that God has allowed us to see is internally he's just given us a strong sense of work ethic and craftsmanship. We really do work hard to make GOOD quality music.
The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.
After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and to get it out there to the people.
Many musicals you can take and throw in the garbage can because no one took the time to write a song you can care about.
To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.