I never wrote music for the mainstream.HozierTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“I never wrote music for the mainstream.
“It's a very, very interesting experience to be talking to people who are such icons in their own right. When Adele came to a show, I was just talking to her, and at the time, I thought, 'I'm just having a chat with somebody.' But then I heard myself say, 'Oh, I was talking to Adele the other day,' and it's as strange as you'd imagine.”HozierChat
“I remember writing lyrics for 'Take Me to Church' for a long time before I even had a song in mind for. It's not that I was trying to write that song for a year, but sometimes you just kind of collect lyrical and musical ideas and don't actually complete the song until you feel like they work together and have a home.”
“So many writers hated us because we represented mainstream America. Forget the music, they just didn't like the idea of us.”Richard CarpenterMainstream
“As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.”Rik MayallMainstream
“Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's got to have that haziness to it.”Washed Out
“Biggest musical influences would be people like Nina Simone and Tom Waits. A huge amount of writers like Leslie Feist and Paul Simon.”HozierHuge Amount
“We have such a culture of discrimination and hatred, and one that has scapegoats and affects people so extremely. That's something that very easily crosses borders.”HozierAffects
“I like mainstream cinema. I like films that are definitely commercial. I try and stick to that as much as possible.”Catherine TresaMainstream
“I love talking to The Rock. He's done the transition from WWE to the mainstream so well.”Eva MarieMainstream