Song Quotes by The-Dream

I can't control when somebody likes my song or they don't.

— The-Dream

I want to be the king of music. Period.

— The-Dream

At the end of the day, I'm a songwriter.

— The-Dream

I'm everybody in music's guilty pleasure.

— The-Dream

The record company has fought for themselves, never for me.

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It's very hard for me to write a generic song that could be sung by anybody.

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I'm talented in other places, not only in songwriting, but music is always going to be the backdrop to whatever happens in…

— The-Dream

It was always in me to just put records out. I don't like holding on to records.

— The-Dream

I learned to play instruments and I've been in bands since I was 13, but I wanted to be an artist and…

— The-Dream

I got fed up with the idea of partnering with labels on a major scale because of how they have to deliver…

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Writing a song is about inhabiting a specific frame of mind and conjuring a mood, a character, an entire vision.

— The-Dream

I was playing a lot of Coldplay before the world knew who I was, before anybody knew my 'Umbrella' song. Those songs…

— The-Dream

It takes a lot to put a 5-piece band on, even though we need it. We need those harmonies; I need those…

— The-Dream

If I do five, six records that sound great, I want it to come out as fast as it can. I don't…

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I think the emotion that song carries makes it good. Because you have to produce around something - an emotional attachment and…

— The-Dream