Portrait Magazine Interview w/ Sam Bradley

Sam cowrote 'Never Think" with Rob. Below is a little bit from the interview where he talks about music and Rob.

You wrote 'Never Think', on the Twilight soundtrack, with Robert Pattinson - and then you apparently went in completely different directions when recording it. How did that happen - is there an original version?

The original version is just sort of bits and pieces of when we were writing it. So, no, there's no real original version. What it is, is we wrote a song... I came back to Canada, and kind of switched it up a little bit for myself. Melodically, what we originally wrote is probably closer to my version. But Rob, when he plays music, he's really in touch with what he's doing, so he plays a song differently every time. Any song, it'll never sound the same. It's really cool, he's really in the moment. So the recording of Never Think that he did will never sound the same again, which is kind of interesting. Lyrically, though, it's similar.

It's funny, because you can never understand what he's singing. So it's really interesting to listen to your version and say, "Oh, that's what he's saying!"

I don't think anyone has guessed the lyrics right yet. I've been on YouTube, and I've been reading what people think are the lyrics. Even the first line, I don't think I've read the right first line yet. I mean, he sings it like that because that's how it comes out. I personally love it. I mean, I know what he's saying. There's a feeling behind it, like he's singing it to that person that he's talking to.

So, what was it like, sitting in the theatre and watching the Twilight premiere... and then hearing the song being played?

I've seen the film three times now. It's pretty exciting. I went to the LA premiere, and then I went to London. And then I took my mom to see it in Vancouver. But yeah, I was sitting with Marcus and Bobby [Long] at the London premiere, and we started like - aaah! - jumping up and down.

Their song is great, too.

Oh, the best bit of the film. And Rob does such a good job with it.
That's a great part of the film. I really liked the movie - it was quite the experience, seeing in a theatre full of pre-teen girls, screaming.I didn't get any screaming girls. I wanted to. When I went with my mom, I sat at the back, like - [He beams.]. Just 'cause I was with my mom, all happy and proud.

You can check out the rest of Sam's interview HERE.

Here is Sam performing his version of "Never Think"