I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I’ve talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that’s the Hollywood car test. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer’s block. If you’re at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
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. Ryan Tedder Read Quote
