New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. Its not just a residual of life its a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. Its our culture. – Wendell Pierce
I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and Ive talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and thats the Hollywood car test. – Ryan Tedder