“Mormonism has this great cheesy aesthetic - when you watch their videos, it's almost as if they're about to flash a smile at the camera and burst into song. Mormon cheesiness is so close to musical cheesiness.” IfsSongWatchesCamerasMusicalVideoAestheticFlashCheesyMormonism Author:Matt Stone
“I'm not really one to be on camera, I'd rather be writing songs.” WritingSongCamerasWriting Songs Author:Jon Foreman
“It's a funny thing, if I could choose anything to do, it wouldn't be to be in front of a camera because I've spent so much of my time, so much of my life trying to get really good at writing songs and playing instruments.” IfsWritingTryingSongFrontsCamerasInstrumentsMy TimeIf I CouldGet RealFunny ThingsWriting SongsPlaying Instruments Author:Jarryd James
“It's pretty intense to have someone (the camera) looming there when you are singing a song but it's sort of invigorating too.” SongSingingCamerasIntenseInvigoratingLooming Author:Emma Stone
“I don't want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I'm just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.” WantTryingReasonKidsAbleSongSpecialSingingCamerasLike MeReleaseNo ReasonBedroomFormatSpecial ThingsSinging Songs Author:Bo Burnham
“We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I'm with my girlfriends, I act like I'm 19.” InspirationalPlaySongHouseStuffPartyPicksCamerasDanceVideoGirlfriendMy GirlfriendIpodsRunwayFavorite Song Author:Avril Lavigne
“Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.” WritingDoeI CanSongRoomsAudienceBandMembersCamerasRelySongwritersBand Members Author:Rick Springfield
“I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera.” ThinkingFeelsBigsArtistSongImagineApproachCamerasClicksBig PictureSnapshots Author:Steve Vai
“The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.” PeopleNeedsFeelsI CanPlayFormSongDifficultRecordsImpossibleExpressionBandCamerasAgentsPianoMusic BusinessMovie Business Author:Jeremy Renner