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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
M. Ward
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M. Ward
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 4
Guitarist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Ventura County
California
Matthew Stephen Ward
Matt Ward
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I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?
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I'm somebody who gets a lot of inspiration from dreams.
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Certain things you have to stumble on to. They can't be preprogrammed.
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My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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It's a hard thing to explain, but the more I arrange for strings, the more I realize the possibilities.
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In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the process of production, the ones that scream out at you that they're finished are the ones that make the record.
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My favorite recordings are the ones that feel like there were no middlemen in the creation. That's the biggest problem with most films and records being made today - too many people involved. I think it dilutes the artist's intent and inspiration.
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I went every Sunday to church when I was growing up, and I think that music had an affect on me before my memory can recall.
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I had the naive, simplistic idea that producers and writers and artists of the time helped in a minuscule way to change the mind-set of America.
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My philosophy for producing a record is for everyone involved, including myself, to get out of the way of the song, and at the same time, listen to it as closely as you can, and listen to where the song wants to go.
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The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
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I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.
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From a very early age, I started to get really interested in how songs were put to tape. Not just listening to the songs, but the way the songs were recorded.
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When I first started making music, it was learning other peoples songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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There's at least one fist bump every interview.
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As a producer, I like to bring in unexpected voices, unexpected musicians, like Watt and Joey Spampinato of NRBQ.
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I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way.
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