Ryan Tedder Quotes

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• I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.
• I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.
• 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.
• When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.
• When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.
• Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
• I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they…
• If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks…
• Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion…
• 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…
• The difficulty in working with someone on a show like Idol or X Factor is they have an idea of what they think is cool…
• 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…

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