“I find on songwriting, I really have to work at making sure I'm not imitating myself. You know? Which happens to all of us. When an artist becomes really famous, you'll start listening to songs and saying "Wait...I've heard that before" and it'll be one of theirs. We all fall into that rut. If you don't have something to force you out of it, then it's kind of a dangerous business.” IfsKnowsWritingKindHappensArtistSongFallForceWaitingHeardDangerousListeningSongwritingImitatingRuts Author:Andy Wilkinson
“Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen to country or only to rap or to gospel or anything. It's a sad thing. I try really hard to get them to go out and listen to things. It's amazing what you learn. ... I'm still trying to learn. It's not like I'm going to be a calypso singer. That's not going to happen, but I'm sure there's something in that, that I can learn from and apply to my own work.” WritingTryingKindStillsI CanCountryHardHappensKidsMy OwnClassRapSingersSongwritingImpressiveSad ThingsCalypso Author:Andy Wilkinson
