No matter what, if you write a song that’s great that everyone expects to be a hit, then everyone’s going to be expecting another one from you. If you write a song that no one notices, you’re going to want to write one that someone will. LP Read Quote
When I first got into the major label system, they were like, ‘Hey, you’re great – now write with a million people so we can get songs.’ That was something I hadn’t done before, and the songwriters I was working with had worked on some massive numbers – like ‘True Colours.’ One of the guys wrote ‘Livin On A Prayer.’ LP Read Quote
I don’t think a good singer or a great singer is either of those things without a great song. LP Read Quote
It’s interesting when you write something for somebody else, and then you’re like, ‘Oh man, I just laid my whole trip on them, and they don’t even know!’ LP Read Quote
