Ryan Tedder Quotes

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day.

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

When life gives you the opportunity to check off a thing on the bucket list, you have to check them.

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

Im not interested in fad songs.

Everything that kills me , makes me feel alive

I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.

I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.

I'm actually introverted and shy.

I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.

I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.

I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often times turns into the actual hook.

The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.

I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started.

There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.

I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs.

As for me, the only stuff I've ever had success with is when I'm trying to be completely original and not thinking about mirroring what else is out there.

I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.

When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.

Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.

I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.

I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band.

I grew up listening to English music.

I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.

I'm in an odd position because I write across so many genres for so many people and they all influence me, and if I'm going to write as honest an album as possible, it's going to be layered.

I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.

Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.

The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.