It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I just feel like sometimes people don't want to hear the truth. It's hard when you hear the truth. People want to hear what they want to hear. Sometimes I have a hard time with that because I'm very honest.
I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach.
It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.
It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.
It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.
When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.
There's been many times when a producer will say, 'I don't think you want to say that.' We were told we shouldn't be so brutally honest about songwriting or radio or the industry.
Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.
If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.
I think it's nice to be able to make a product, put it out there and let other people decide what they think.