Panic! at the Disco Quotes
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You don't have to be the best guitar player, or have the best voice, or even be the best looking person - writing a song that moves people is worth more than all the other nonsense. (Just look at Bob Dylan - he's got almost no vocal range at all, but his songs are deeply moving and iconic.) If I had to offer one piece of advice: Write a song that moves people, and write it from within yourself. Your personal narrative is more engaging and moving than anything else you can imagine in your mind.
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I know Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. We went to the same church. I'm pretty sure he's still Mormon. I left the church long ago.
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I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.
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When I was a little kid and I heard a song I liked on TV, I would jump up and run to the piano to try and figure it out by ear. When I was 10 or 11, I built myself a drum kit in the garage made out of empty laundry detergent buckets, old lawn chairs, paint cans, and old trash cans. And around that time, my parents got me my first guitar. A baby acoustic. I jumped between all of these instruments constantly to satisfy the ideas I heard in my head. At this young age, I realized that music would play a huge part in my life.
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When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
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You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.
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We heard about the Smiths later, through friends. What attracted us was how they could get across the meaning of the lyric through the tone of the vocal. A lot of bands just try to be catchy. The Smiths wanted to be more.
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I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.
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We're all in this together. We're all sinners.
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I guess a lot of people don't like talking.
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The album cover of 'Death of a Bachelor' is me on my roof of my backyard, so that's my place where I spend most of my time writing.
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I love every type of listening format, from MP3s to CDs to vinyl. There's something special about each one. It's a sign of the times. I love looking back, and even putting new music on vinyl - if it's right!
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I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.
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Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.
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Frank Sinatra turns 100 this year and his music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it's only right that I return the favor and pay it forward.
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There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'
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I've just gotten better at partying. I haven't stopped or slowed down by any means. If anything, it's increased. But if anything, it's just more fun now.
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To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.
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I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.
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I wish the camera could smell my armpits. Dude, mine smell good.
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I want to inflict some change on people.
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I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I'm like, 'Wow, that's a beautiful man.' There's no shame in it; that's how I feel.
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One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
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I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.