I’m not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn’t have the confidence to play shows. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you’re afraid to say that it’s done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
With the TV stuff, we usually hand in final, finished tracks. The turnaround time is so tight that there’s no time to demo anything; you just do it. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
I started taking piano lessons when I was about 5, and there was always a lot of music in my family: my parents both play instruments, my grandparents were classical violinists, and my grandfather was actually a music professor and a conductor. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
The nature of the music business is such that it’s better to have a few chances for some things to be successful than just one, and that’s kind of been my attitude all along. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
When you’re writing for a show, you’re writing part of the script. You have to tell the story. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
I think with musicals, it’s much more part of the script. They don’t want songs that would stop the show; they need songs that keep the plot moving. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
The Ting Tings have been a huge hit in my family. I have two young daughters, and both of them love that record, so I pretty much have to listen to that ten times a day. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
I don’t know if there’s a particular project, but one movie that I was really disappointed I didn’t get to work on was Judd Apatow’s ‘Walk Hard.’ Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
Your job as a producer is to make suggestions without putting your ego in front of everything else. Also, I think you want to focus on that artist’s best qualities and really highlight them. Adam Schlesinger Read Quote
