Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Masser

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Michael Masser.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Michael Masser

Michael William Masser was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music.

I'm definitely a romantic, no doubt about it.
I was working as a stockbroker in New York and had the seemingly perfect life.
When you're writing a song, you have to know two things. You have to know who you are, and you have to think about other people. — © Michael Masser
When you're writing a song, you have to know two things. You have to know who you are, and you have to think about other people.
People simply learn to process information to the point where it doesn't serve true creativity.
I had been the dutiful son and husband for so long, I had forgotten about living for myself.
I would spend months and months looking for a sound. I had to do that, or I wouldn't feel the extreme emotions I was feeling in my heart.
I come from a background that stresses education more than anything.
Somehow, people get very nervous about leaving the comfortable life of rules behind and never take the chance to develop their own internal voice, to listen to their own consciousness.
I left an office at the top of the Pan Am Building, a nine-room apartment, and a farm in Vermont because I was aching inside. It took an analyst to tell me I could write a note of permission to become a musician and sign it.
I was used to being successful in school, but academics didn't make me happy.
The thing I ran up against was everybody wanted a song so fast. It took me two years to finish 'Touch Me in the Morning.'
When you write a song, you don't ask if it's good or not, or if it's gonna sell. When you write a song, you ask whether you've reached deep inside your heart and whether it's honest.
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