Top 35 Tedder's Quotes

#1. It'd be cool to do something with Coldplay, and Ryan Tedder's amazing.

Tori Kelly

Tedder's Quotes #969335
#2. War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as physical, brain as well as muscles, and stamina as well as courage.

Arthur Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1581011
#3. I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've 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 that's the Hollywood car test.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #922439
#4. I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often times turns into the actual hook.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #954131
#5. I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1130792
#6. I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1190498
#7. Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air.

Arthur Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1419760
#8. Oh, got no reason, got not shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'mma tell you everything

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1454151
#9. So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less than exactly what you feel you're supposed to do and squeezing every last drop out of life every day, regardless of the difficulties or trials that you face.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1557283
#10. I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #775358
#11. The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1621229
#12. I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1621613
#13. The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1671460
#14. I'm actually introverted and shy.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1702723
#15. I'm not interested in fad songs.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1722840
#16. Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1729758
#17. 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

Tedder's Quotes #1794975
#18. I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #1800146
#19. I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #370670
#20. Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #60853
#21. When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #86778
#22. I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #123660
#23. Everything that kills me , makes me feel alive

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #157246
#24. When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #191956
#25. I grew up listening to English music.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #218003
#26. I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #257848
#27. I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #262600
#28. The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #811949
#29. As for me, the only stuff I've ever had success with is when I'm trying to be completely original and not thinking about mirroring what else is out there.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #425024
#30. Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #543360
#31. With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #545294
#32. Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #550514
#33. Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #572293
#34. I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #646376
#35. I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

Ryan Tedder

Tedder's Quotes #765323

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