Currents Quote by Gillian Welch

Often, with our music, there's quite a lot going on, so people hear melodies that sound up and catchy, and production, and maybe don't…

— Dan Smith

Usually we're all comfortable playing the songs, but during the song there might be one part where you're like „oh, this part's coming up,…

— John Petrucci

You don't always get lucky enough to have songs that can breathe and shift meaning. But every once in a while you open up…

— Denison Witmer

Well, I like the idea of seeing every piece of music as fluid. I see the tracks as places almost, structures you can inhabit…

— Jon Hopkins

I always think it's more interesting to leave the context of those songs a little vague. Like, all these songs come from me, and…

— Alex G

Naturally, underground music often gravitates toward experimentation and the abstract. That's understandable, and more often than not, it feels great to dive into a…

— Anthony Fantano

Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.

— Courtney Love

There's so much more you can do with the dynamics of songs when they're simple... I think it was what I needed in my…

— Sarah Blasko

People have always commented along the way that, 'You guys are always so visual in what you do.' The songs have always had a…

— Russell Mael

Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.

— John Legend

I just like traditional songs that come from an honest place, and they make you feel something and tell a story and they flow…

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. What I like to do with songs, is kind of throw…

— John Legend