Joshua Bell Quotes

I think that a band that cannot limit themselves to one genre and can kind of do a lot of different things.

What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've studied all forms of music; I know probably more Jay-Z songs than the biggest Jay-Z fan. I've studied R. Kelly to the Isley Brothers to Stevie Wonder to Sting and Sade. You don't have one personality every day. You don't have one mood.

With my music, I don't have to stay in one lane. One day I'm in Motown, and the next day I'm in reggae.

It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.

I can show my characteristics and musical colors both as a member of Bigbang and as a solo artist.

Every Dirty Projectors album is a world unto itself.

I can go from doing an electronic track to hip-hop to even folk songs. I think people like that variety in me.

I'm not just a country artist. I've got so any sides to me and the music I write.

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

I'm a real gangster rapper and I'm a rapper. I just think my music takes different directions. I don't think you can pigeon hole me in one genre. I'm probably the most versatile in the game, period.

I'm a producer and not a rapper. So I can make any style of music I want. I can make an EDM beat. I can put an EDM track out one day and I can put a grungy hip-hop track out the next day, like, it doesn't matter.

Music doesn't have to sit within the confines of pop structure, you can really make stuff that's more visual.

As an artist, I do not want to limit my skills to one medium alone.

If you make a strange, eccentric record - like the Velvet Underground's 'White Light/White Heat' - it takes on its own mood because it's less about a shrewd marketing plan; it's more about an individual emotion.

I like making all kinds of music, it really depends on the moment. Sometimes I feel like making a weird trap song, and sometimes I can't even attach a track to a genre.

Punk was such an exciting time because there were no rules. You could go and knock on Sun Ra's door - and he was in the phonebook, under Ra!

My musical output has been consistently acoustic, but my taste has not. I love everything. As long as it's good, I'm in.

Kanye West - he's all over the place, and I think he defines what an artist is because none of his work is the same, and he's into what he's into.

Julius Eastman is the kind of American genius not enough people know about.

I love to play guitar. I've never really been the type of guitar player that goes, 'I'll only play this style of music or that thing.'

It's fun to use all of my range; there are so many different colors and textures that come out, revealing different parts of my voice. I know what my voice is capable of, and I try to fit it to each song, evoke a mood.

We listen to a lot of classical and a lot of jazz, and so you get some funky notes here and there. And we get a little experimental in some of the deeper tracks.

Ultimately it's just music - whether I'm catering to the Bollywood audience or the indie audience. I just approach every type of music the way I am, and how my personality is.

If Brian Eno wanted to make a record, I'd definitely clear some time in my calendar. John Cale, too. Those guys consistently make great records, always doing their own thing.

Well, when the Raspberries ended in early 1975 suddenly I didn't have to write to anybody's strengths or weaknesses. I was completely wide open and I thought wow, I can write anything I want now. I can use session musicians. I can find another band that sings like the Beach Boys, I can do all kinds of things.