53 Quotes by Ryan Tedder

I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.

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.

Im not interested in fad songs.

I'm actually introverted and shy.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often times turns into the actual hook.

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

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.

Everything that kills me, makes me feel alive.