Ryan Tedder Quotes

I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less than exactly what you feel you're supposed to do and squeezing every last drop out of life every day, regardless of the difficulties or trials that you face.

When life gives you the opportunity to check off a thing on the bucket list, you have to check them.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.

I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.

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 in their heads, and it's important as a producer to maintain control of the session and not let it get side-tracked or chase too many rabbits. But it's also important to let the artist feel like their opinion matters, so that balance is difficult.

Everything that kills me , makes me feel alive

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

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 either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.

Im not interested in fad songs.

I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.

The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.

I can go write an absolutely saccharine pop record with a really catchy lyric for another artist that could become a hit without meaning anything to me, but that's more the science laboratory, that's the other thing.

I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.

I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

I'm actually introverted and shy.

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 else is out there.

I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started.

Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.