Most of the time when people work with an artist, they don't give them what they need for the future, they give them what their last album sounded like. So it's like, 'Oh, One Republic needs a song, why don't… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be like, 'Yo, that dude Benny was different.' Even if it sounds awful, at least they can't say, 'Oh… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Everything needs to be catchy because a listener is either going to stay with the song or lose interest in the first five seconds.… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Ke$ha is her art; there is no curtain you peel back to find the real person. And with Ke$ha, you never know what to… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm not an incredible guitarist or piano player or songwriter. I think what I do is, when I… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
In hip hop, it's a lot more about lacing a hot track. I start it, I help mix it, I help write it, I… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge L.A. fan, but I go there for the winter every year. We usually rent a house and have massive house… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I used to link up boom boxes, record one take, play it into another boom box then play all that back into the other… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I used to cold call labels and pretend I was one of their artist's attorneys. I'd say, 'This is Jay-Z's attorney, we need to… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I can be at my house sitting there making music alone, and every single time I've ever done that the first thing I do… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
My studio's always in my house. I want to wake up and be like, 'You know I'm gonna make music today in my underwear.… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Is it easy for me to write from a female point of view? Yeah, I am a female. I'm a very sensitive type of… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Basically, any time you have a real life experience, that can be a song. Because no matter how crazy or weird you are, somebody's… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
