Zitat des Tages von Labrinth:
I need to make money, but I don't want to be another guy selling his McDonald's to the pop market.
The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react.
I have learned that while your putting your record together you can get so caught up in making what you want that you forget what you wanted in the first place.
It's a lot easier producing for people or being in the background, and they can take all the fire from the front. But in order to express the ideas that I have without any kind of contamination, I thought it would be a cool thing to be out front.
I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots.
When you make a record, I always imagine people dancing to it. If the chef thinks it tastes good, then there will be someone who ultimately believes the same thing.
I actually tried to learn the dictionary at one point. It didn't work; I only got through the first few pages.
I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new.
I want to be a little bit brave. I want to feel scared sometimes. That's what's going to change the music business, if we have that kind of attitude.
Of course, success takes you where your character can't sustain you.
Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.
My grandad's a gospel singer, and his children were singers, too. But I don't believe in God in the same way... not religion; it breaks us up too much. The same with musical styles - it breaks people up. I believe they are all one thing - why not put them together?
My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done.
I grew up not really having a father figure, and it didn't bother me, because he wasn't there in the first place. But then he started other families, and I was jealous. It was like he was happy without our family.
I think producing a record for other artists is almost like giving them advice, and I would say that it is easier to produce another artist than it is to produce yourself.
I remember my brother came home with a bass and played a blues solo on it. I just went insane for days afterwards learning that.
I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're a singer, you're just singing. Creating the music, directing, and seeing where it's gonna go in production is very, very exciting.
Everyone in my family has been in music - my cousins, my grandmother, my grandfather - so it's quite a big family tree.
I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts.
I don't see categories; I don't see styles - l see them all gelled together. And it was gospel that definitely helped me to do that.
You get so close to your own music that you can't see the beauty in it. I had to learn to let go. It's good to be less precious.
Branding your song is the worst thing you can ever do. That's turning your song into a product.
I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it.
One thing I always really enjoyed about Quincy Jones' production technique was that there were so many layers to every song. Like, one week you'd hear a new trumpet-line, then the next week you'd hear - be hearing a new guitar-line.
