Ballads Quote by Aaliyah

My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted…

— Madonna Ciccone

I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put…

— Busta Rhymes

It was important for the first piece of original music that I release to have a timeless feel because that's the type of music…

— Chloe Kohanski

We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with one thing.…

— Zacky Vengeance

I wanted to lift the aspects of the lyrics and imagery that I found sincerely powerful and touching, plus the amazing musical extremities, and…

— Phil Elvrum

I started out with original songs.

— Tanishk Bagchi

I grew up singing ballads, but what I really wanted to get into was the mainstream music on the radio because I really love…

— Jessica Sanchez

After putting out quite a few albums, there's a feeling of why make another? I was trying to make something that was an album…

— Kieran Hebden

And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself and the…

— Bruce Springsteen

I wanted to focus on songs that I was inspired by growing up. I love so many of them from the last 100 years,…

— Josh Groban

I wanted to make the album I always needed to make. I had to say the things I never could.

— Cyndi Lauper

I would love to make an album full of ballads. For a listener, I want to have variety on there.

— Kristin Chenoweth