Quotes by Max Martin - Page 1

Singing involves a great deal of psychology.
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Psychology
Great Deal
Involves
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A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.
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Pop Song
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Sometimes you have to think about letting people move on.
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People Sometimes Think
Letting
Move On
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I love being part of the ASCAP family of songwriters and composers.
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Songwriters
Composers
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When I was young, people didn't even really know what a producer was.
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People Young Know
Producer
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There are so many traps, so many ways of getting screwed in this business.
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Traps
Screwed
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Pop music follows the evolution of society in general: Everything moves faster.
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Music
Society
Evolution
Faster
Pop Music
General
Follows
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I thought it was so cool that all you knew about Prince was about his artistry and music.
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Artistry
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I spent two years day and night in that studio trying to learn what the hell was going on.
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Day And Night
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If you've got a verse with a lot of rhythm, you want to pair it with something that doesn't.
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Rhythm
Pair
Verse
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I've learned that things change. The whole boy band thing almost turned into a stock market crash.
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Crash
Market Crash
Stock
Stock Market
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As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.
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Fighting
Offering
Songwriters
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If the chords change a lot over the course of a song, it's better to stay within the same melodic structure.
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Chords
Structure
Melodic
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I remember that I started playing brass - not so much because I had a calling but because I thought it looked cool.
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Brass
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There was a phase when I and people around me listened to Prince a lot. A lot. We took Prince fandom to the extreme.
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Me People Around
Extreme
Listened
Phase
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The sound itself, the production, is of such great importance that it has become an integrated part of the composition.
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Composition
Importance
Integrated
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I want to be part of every note, every single moment going on in the studio. I want nothing forgotten; I want nothing missed.
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Forgotten
Missed
Note
Studio
Single Moment
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The producer should decide what kind of music is being made, what it's going to sound like - all of it: the why, when, and how.
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Producer
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You can hear songs that are technically great, songs that tick all the boxes. But for a song to be felt, you need something else.
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Boxes
Tick
Technically
Great Songs
Something Else
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My tastes have always been pretty cheesy. I like Def Leppard. At the same time, my tastes might be pretty universal. I don't know.
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Cheesy
Time Always Know
Tastes
Same Time
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I first began with the recorder in our community music school. After that, I played horn and participated in the school orchestra.
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Orchestra
Our Community
Horn
Recorder
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If nobody recognizes you, if nobody cares, it's easier to avoid getting carried away. That's way harder if you're a famous artist.
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Nobody Cares
Cares
Carried
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It's never like, 'Now I'm going to sit down and write this or that kind of song.' The melodies may show up in the car, in the shower.
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Melodies
Shower
Sit
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When pop culture can influence things in any way, when a song becomes something bigger than just a song, that's the greatest thing to me.
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Pop Culture
Greatest Thing
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Nothing wrong about EDM. Great songs came out of it, but there was a period when everything had to have a pace of 128 bpm and be DJ-related.
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Pace
Came
Period
Great Songs
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I believe in the cause, and I believe in the people, and by supporting Music Rights Awareness, I very much hope - and believe - we can make a difference.
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Rights
Cause
Difference
Make A Difference
Supporting
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I try to make the songs as good as I can - the way I like it, you know? And I guess my taste sometimes happens to be what other people, particularly radio programmers, like too.
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Programmers
Good People Sometimes
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It's music. It's supposed to be fun and inspirational. You have to be inspired. If I did it because it was my 'job,' and I only did it to make money, I don't think I'd still be doing it.
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Inspirational
Fun
Inspired
Job
Money Music Fun
Did
Doing
Still
Supposed
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You need a balance at all times. If the verse is a bit messy, you need it to be less messy right after. It needs to vary. 'Shake It Off' is a good example, where the math behind the drama is pretty clear.
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Math
Messy
Vary
Good Example
Shake
Verse
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I believe you have to start with yourself, think about your bad habits and prejudices, not only in your profession but generally in life. Why do I assume that a doctor is a man? Something is indoctrinated from very early on.
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Bad Habits
Profession
Assume
Habits
Prejudices
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If you listen to the first, second, and third chorus of a song, they don't sound the same. It's the same melody and all that, but what really happens is that the energy changes. It's all about getting the listener to keep his or her concentration.
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Chorus
Concentration
Melody
Listener
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I just believe in collaboration. I mean, I've written songs on my own, you know, but I think if the artist has something to bring to the table - someone like Pink, for instance - where they have something to say, it makes your job easier and more special.
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Collaboration
Instance
Pink
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It's incredibly important to me that you remember a song right after the first or second time you hear it. That something sticks to you, something that makes you feel, 'I need to hear that song again.' That's fundamental. Something you want again. And again.
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Song
Sticks
Time Me Remember
Fundamental
Hear
Incredibly
Second
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If the artist isn't having a great day or finds it all boring, my role becomes that of a coach. Getting the very best out of the artist. Helping them perform at their very best when it's game time. One way to get them there is to bring them out of their comfort zones.
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Comfort
Great Day
Zone
Best Time Great
Finds
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