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Max Martin
Swedish
Musician
Born:
Feb 26
,
1971
About
Great
Music
People
Song
You
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It's music. It's supposed to be fun and inspirational. You have to be inspired. If I did it because it was my 'job,' and I only did it to make money, I don't think I'd still be doing it.
Max Martin
Inspirational
Music
You
Money
Job
Think
Only
Inspired
Supposed
Make
Because
Still
Doing
Did
Fun
I love being part of the ASCAP family of songwriters and composers.
Max Martin
Love
Family
Composers
Part
Songwriters
Being
A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.
Max Martin
Great
You
Song
Felt
Hear
Pop
Should
Pop Song
I just believe in collaboration. I mean, I've written songs on my own, you know, but I think if the artist has something to bring to the table - someone like Pink, for instance - where they have something to say, it makes your job easier and more special.
Max Martin
You
Job
Own
Believe
Think
Collaboration
Say
Easier
Table
Someone
Something
My Own
More
Songs
Instance
Written
Like
Know
Makes
Pink
Artist
Just
Where
Mean
Your
Special
Bring
It's one thing to speak about it and another to actually do something about it.
Max Martin
Speak
One Thing
About
Something
Another
Actually
Thing
When I was young, people didn't even really know what a producer was.
Max Martin
People
Young
Know
Young People
Producer
Really
Even
I want to be part of every note, every single moment going on in the studio. I want nothing forgotten; I want nothing missed.
Max Martin
Single
Nothing
Every
Part
Studio
Missed
Single Moment
Going
Forgotten
Want
Note
Moment
I'm a perfectionist.
Max Martin
Perfectionist
I spent two years day and night in that studio trying to learn what the hell was going on.
Max Martin
Day
Hell
Spent
Studio
Day And Night
Learn
Years
Trying
Going
Night
Two
As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.
Max Martin
Rights
Fighting
Side
Our
Songwriters
Support
Offering
Lucky
The sound itself, the production, is of such great importance that it has become an integrated part of the composition.
Max Martin
Great
Become
Composition
Part
Importance
Sound
Integrated
Itself
Production
Sometimes you have to think about letting people move on.
Max Martin
You
People
Sometimes
Move On
Think
About
Move
Letting
If you've got a verse with a lot of rhythm, you want to pair it with something that doesn't.
Max Martin
You
Something
Got
Verse
Lot
Want
Rhythm
Pair
Life is so much easier without the attention.
Max Martin
Life
Easier
Attention
Without
Much
My tastes have always been pretty cheesy. I like Def Leppard. At the same time, my tastes might be pretty universal. I don't know.
Max Martin
Time
Pretty
Like
Know
Cheesy
Always
Been
Same
Tastes
Same Time
Might
Universal
When pop culture can influence things in any way, when a song becomes something bigger than just a song, that's the greatest thing to me.
Max Martin
Me
Culture
Song
Way
Something
Greatest
Becomes
Greatest Thing
Than
Any
Just
Influence
Bigger
Pop
Pop Culture
Thing
Things
There was a phase when I and people around me listened to Prince a lot. A lot. We took Prince fandom to the extreme.
Max Martin
Me
People
Took
Extreme
Prince
Around
Lot
Listened
Phase
I don't think most people who listen to music are that interested in all the work that goes into making it. It's the artist you like.
Max Martin
Work
Music
You
People
Think
Like
Most
Making
Goes
Artist
Listen
Interested
Who
I thought it was so cool that all you knew about Prince was about his artistry and music.
Max Martin
Music
You
Thought
About
Knew
Prince
His
Artistry
Cool
I remember that I started playing brass - not so much because I had a calling but because I thought it looked cool.
Max Martin
Remember
Thought
Had
Looked
Calling
Because
Brass
Much
Cool
Started
Playing
It's incredibly important to me that you remember a song right after the first or second time you hear it. That something sticks to you, something that makes you feel, 'I need to hear that song again.' That's fundamental. Something you want again. And again.
Max Martin
Time
Me
You
Song
Remember
First
Important
Incredibly
Something
Feel
Makes
Sticks
Hear
Want
After
Again
Fundamental
Right
Second
Need
If the chords change a lot over the course of a song, it's better to stay within the same melodic structure.
Max Martin
Change
Song
Better
Melodic
Stay
Structure
Over
Course
Within
Lot
Same
Chords
Nothing wrong about EDM. Great songs came out of it, but there was a period when everything had to have a pace of 128 bpm and be DJ-related.
Max Martin
Great
Nothing
Everything
Out
About
Had
Songs
Wrong
Great Songs
Period
Came
Pace
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