I’m trying to make pop records for the middle-class, lower-middle-class – pop for the 99 percent. Ricky Reed Read Quote
Los Angeles is a huge, great diverse place, but I had to find the version that worked for me. I am lucky I did because I probably wouldn’t be where I am had I not. Ricky Reed Read Quote
My career has been one long love letter to California as a whole, top to bottom. Ricky Reed Read Quote
I started off making music that made fun of pop; now I’m nominated for helping produce pop songs that aim to be as honest as possible. Ricky Reed Read Quote
I have a short attention span. And when I’m in the middle of one thing, I’m then drawn to the next thing. Ricky Reed Read Quote
Collaborating with someone on music is the same way you’d go about hanging out. You have to listen more than you talk. Ricky Reed Read Quote
Pitbull is, like, one of the most incredible humans. He’s an amazing guy, and when we first connected on ‘Fireball,’ he said, ‘I love it!’ He recorded the verse in a day, we mixed it the next day, and it was on the radio in like two weeks after we made the initial track. That’s just how he works. He’s so hard working, kind, and really appreciative. Ricky Reed Read Quote
I can never think about, ‘Is this going to sell? Is this going to work on radio?’ I just have to get in the zone where I’m like, ‘Do I love this, or do I not love this?’ Essentially it all comes down to that. Ricky Reed Read Quote
