Ryan Tedder — American Musician

Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known as the frontman of the pop rock band OneRepublic, though he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists such as Madonna, U2, Adele, Beyoncé, Birdy, Maroon 5, Demi Lovato, Ellie Goulding, B.o.B, Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson, K'naan, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis, Gavin DeGraw, Sebastian Ingrosso, Gym Class Heroes, One Direction, James Blunt, Taylor Swift, Gwen Stefani, Far East Movement, Paul Oakenfold, Ella Henderson and Tessanne Chin, winner of NBC's The Voice, season 5. For her he wrote "Tumbling Down.".. (wikipedia)

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.
I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.
Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.
Honest always sells. Always has, always will.
I'm not interested in fad songs.