Appreciated Quote by Ryan Tedder

There's more well-known artists who aren't making as good songs as people who are just coming out of nowhere. That seems to be more…

— Beck

There's a lot of artists out there who are pretty big but don't write their songs, they just have a lifestyle brand. These are…

— Weyes Blood

Sometimes it's just the creative intent of an artist or band that inspires me. I'm generally drawn to artists or bands that put themselves…

— St. Lucia

I think a lot of bands have hit songs that don't get the attention that they ever are going to deserve.

— Trace Cyrus

All the best bands have to have more than just one strong songwriter.

— Kim Shattuck

I don't think there is any such thing as a song that is completely great or good. A lot of songs becomes massive hits…

— Darren Fletcher

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with…

— Yoko Ono

Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter…

— Scott Borchetta

Mainstream success is important - that's probably anathema to an indie publication like Pitchfork, but it's what I believe having experienced it personally.

— Courtney Love

I'm mainstream, and I have pretty chart-tastic tastes. I don't often veer away from a big melodic song with big words for big stadiums.

— Robbie Williams

I'm a super specific songwriter. I always have been. I think the most impactful songs are specific. Broad storytelling just isn't fun in any…

— Olivia Rodrigo

Indie music is picking up and artistes are more confident about putting out music with no big name attached to it.

— Amaal Mallik