Page McConnell Quotes

I make music with no boundaries.

Swavey is a musical genre that I came up with to describe artists who are too talented to stay in a box with their music.

I didn't want to box it in or say this show caters to this type of person... I think the tide of music is changing. We don't have to worry about rules. We should just do what feels good.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.

What I love about Beyonce is she's not a slave to a genre of music.

All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.

I really love music that's on the periphery of not fitting into a clear genre. I felt like I was constantly being described as something I didn't really feel like I identified with.

Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want.

My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that.

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play.

Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord change. See what I'm saying? Music that can go from any range.

I keep a band of great young people around me, and we're not musically restrained. It's not about 'Let's do it correct' but 'Let's do it right.'

My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want.

We don't want to box ourselves within any type of genre, you know? Whatever feels good, if it moves us and we like it, we get on it and make it our own. That's what we do.

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

From our music in general, we've always fought the idea that we had to fit into a box or fit into a certain category.

Coldplay doesn't have to stay within a certain genre; they just go where they go.

When you say, 'Man, what kind of music does Outkast make?' You be like, 'They make Outkast music.' What kind of music does N.E.R.D. make? They make N.E.R.D. music. I want to be one of those people, because there's so many layers to the music I create that I don't want people to expect me to do one thing.

I try not to put myself in a box, so I'll write with anybody who wants to. I don't put limitations on my co-writes.

Whichever chord progressions move me, whether it's rock, jazz, doo-wop or soul, I'm going to put it together and not be worried about whether people can put it in a lane or not.

I discovered that I didn't want to be strict like a German composer.

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.