Quotes by Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers

A lot of the hip hop artists don’t write music. They write words.

Artist

Hip Hop

Writing

Artists don’t always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn’t think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

Artist

Song

Thinking

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don’t go as long as I used to.

Back In The Day

Long

Records

But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production company would give the record company the album. I used to do all my albums like that. It was fantastic. But now, understand, I have never planned to do anything with these other tapes. The one that are released, like the Virgin Ubiquity you have there, I wasn’t going to do anything with that music. One day, I was talking to this guy that owns BBE over in England, and I said I’ve got some tapes and stuff that you might be interested in, and he went berserk.

Giving

Talking

Ubiquity

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

Knows

People

Streets

Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that’s one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I’m just telling you from my heart, I’m so in love with life.

Beautiful

Heart

Love Life

I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York.

Energy

Levels

New York

I couldn’t get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don’t always know who you’re making that soul connection with.

Play

Smooth Jazz

Soul

I don’t like rap that you can’t understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

Rap

Youth

I don’t think I’m really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.

America

Thinking

Unique

Follow The Behaviour University in order to get the greatest quotes from the greatest people of all time so that you can tap into your own greatness.

America

Artist

Back In The Day

Beautiful

Bigs

Boundaries

Causes

Clubs

Compliment

Contracts

Creative

Creativity

Ends

Energy

Enjoy Life

Feelings

Giving

Glad

Happened

Heart

Hip Hop

Journey

Kicking It

Knows

Labels

Leonardo

Levels

Long

Love Life

Messengers

Music

Musical

Musician

Nashville

New York

Numbers

People

Piano

Play

Pressure

Radio

Rap

Records

Sensitive

Smooth Jazz

Song

Soul

Streets

Stuff

Talking

The Future Blueprint

Tool

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

Tool

The Autobiography

Tool

The Behaviour Diary

Tool

The Dating Diary

Tool

The Relationship Therapist

Tool

Quotes by Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers

A lot of the hip hop artists don’t write music. They write words.

Artists don’t always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn’t think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don’t go as long as I used to.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that’s one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I’m just telling you from my heart, I’m so in love with life.

I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York.

I couldn’t get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don’t always know who you’re making that soul connection with.

I don’t like rap that you can’t understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

I don’t think I’m really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.

Get Social with TBU

Topics by Roy Ayers

Popular Tools

The Future Blueprint

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

The Autobiography

The Behaviour Diary

The Dating Diary

The Relationship Therapist

Menu

Menu