I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it’s completely different from my own band. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
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. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don’t care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that’s my opinion but because I think it’s actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It’s that simple. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
When you’re around enormously successful people you realise their success isn’t an accident – it’s about work. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it’s there forever. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
