#music

If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#always #been #even #forward #getting

It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#coolest #derived #different #how #i

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#around #away #being #came #drew

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#best #current #current state #embrace #embracing

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#good #hope #hyped #i #i hope that

I have musician friends who play too much golf, and they're not as good at music anymore. ↗

— Raphael Saadiq

#friends #golf #good #i #much

As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#doing #either #getting #go #i

Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#big #everything #go #i #i do

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#aversion #cerebral #deep #deep down #down

I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#artistic #because #being #believe #doing