Lil Dicky Quotes

No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundaries.

I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.

I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music.

I try to stay away from any genre. I like to just make music, and it just is what it is.

I feel most comfortable keeping versatile when it comes to music genres.

I'm really open to doing music. We just have to figure out what kind of music it's going to be - something where I don't feel compromised.

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.

I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.

I don't know how well I work in traditions. I don't know if it's just the way I listened to music growing up and never having my foot in one particular world, and just wanting to do my own thing.

I just don't feel limited by genre.

It's important to me to not stay too confined to any specific sonic space. There is something really magical about straight folk music - it's not that I don't like it, it's just that I like so much music, I hear so many different things, and I want to try more. I don't want to be confined.

My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.

I've certainly never liked the idea of being put in a box. I loved being part of shows like 'American Idiot' and 'In the Heights,' and I take pride in being able to sing different styles, not just 'Old Man River.'

I don't want to be stuck to any specific genre.

I couldn't be an artist who was told what to do, what to be, what to sing.

As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.

Of course, I'm open to all kinds of genres. In my head, there are no demarcations.

I don't want to be labeled as a certain style producer; I just want to be producer and musician in general.

I don't really care that much about genre labels. I tend to write across a variety of different genres.

My core is grime. But I make all kinds of music. Take Picasso. He could paint whatever way he liked. He could do a little ting with a felt tip if he wanted to - it's still going to be a bad boy Picasso at the end.

I enjoy being able to do different kinds of music, not just to be eclectic but because those are all a part of me.

The cool thing about Americana is that the genre is accepting of all types of music.

In music you can find your own niche. You can do what you want to do. There is really no job description. You have to find your own way, and that's fun.

I wanna be an artist on the whole; I don't wanna be within a genre.