53 Quotes by Ryan Tedder

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

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 in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.

I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.

I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

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

Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.

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.

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 just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.