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
I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window. – Ryan Tedder
The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, its there forever. – Ryan Tedder
Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didnt. You either moved an abandoned car or you didnt. You either filled a pothole or you didnt. Thats what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done. – Michael Nutter