“I had some really great experiences doing overdubs.” Really GreatGreat Experiences Author:John Britt Daniel
“The fastest I ever did that was when Kill the Moonlight came out after Girls Can Tell, and I remember both labels I was working with at the time saying, "If this was any other period, I would probably say this is too fast, but because this is first time anybody has ever paid attention to Spoon, let's keep it on an upward trajectory."” IfsFirstsRememberGirlAttentionPeriodsFirst TimePaidLabelsMoonlightSpoonsTrajectory Author:John Britt Daniel
“It's cool because you don't know how certain songs are going to go over until you play them live. For some reason, "Shivers" gets a huge response. I was not expecting it. When I start singing in the middle of "Baby Get Worse", they go nuts. Just little surprises like that.” KnowsLittlesReasonPlayCertainSongKnow HowMiddleHugeBabySingingSurpriseResponseNutsExpectingShiver Author:John Britt Daniel
“I guess if we do enough shows and keep doing it long enough, then people will get the picture. But I can't really be bothered if they don't get the picture. That's not my concern.” PeopleIfsLongI CanEnoughShowsConcernBothered Author:John Britt Daniel
“I remember when I first got the call from Beyoncé to work on the project, and the mood that she was in and she was feeling, she wanted New Orleans-inspired music to be incorporated to the stuff she was doing. Creole-type stuff. Zydeco... She wanted that type of inspiration.” FirstsFeelingsInspirationWantedRememberStuffTypeProjectsInspiredMoodRemember WhenNew OrleansCreole Author:Rodney Jerkins
“I have a camp so I brought my writers, LaShawn Daniels and at the time, Anesha and Antea [Birchett], they were sisters, and this girl Delisha [Thomas] and Makeba [Riddick]. I brought basically five writers to work on different ideas. You either make the cut or you don't.” IdeasDifferentGirlFiveCuttingCampsThis GirlDifferent Ideas Author:Rodney Jerkins
“It's just kind of, we do a lot of songs when it's an artist of that magnitude, like Beyoncé. You're not sending her one song; you're sending her 20 ideas.” KindIdeasArtistSongMagnitude Author:Rodney Jerkins
“She [Beyonce]is probably the closest thing we've seen to Michael Jackson as far as having that determination and drive that I've ever seen.” DeterminationClosestBeyonce Author:Rodney Jerkins
“Beyonce gave us direction, and she had like four or five studios going at one time, but then she only sings what she likes. "Back Up" was one of those records.” RecordsFiveFourStudiosLikesOne TimeBeyonce Author:Rodney Jerkins
“I did like seven songs on Michael Jackson's Invincible album, but I might have done 60 songs to get to those seven. You don't know what's going to happen.” KnowsDoneMightHappensSongSevenAlbumsInvincible Author:Rodney Jerkins