Bo Burnham Quotes

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

What happened with reggaeton is that many artists kept recycling the same sound. But there are a lot of reggaeton artists that are still in their prime - like Daddy Yankee - because they've chosen to continue growing, to offer people more than just reggaeton. That's where I learned to always be able to try something new and not be afraid.

Prince, you never knew what to expect from him from one album to the next. Miles Davis was like that. You know, once you get used to one style, boom, he switched it and, you know, switched gears on you. So those artists are very exciting to me, very exciting to follow their path, you know, and their journey.

Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes.

When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.

Creating any type of art is all about mood. I've been making extreme music in one fashion or another for decades. And truthfully, Down has a big enough fan base to where I could remain content to do only that, but music is a vast territory and I am an explorer. And I'm a lover of all things considered extreme in music.

Growing up in Miami, having these different cultures and being inspired in so many ways musically has let me have a very long career, 'cause just when you think I'm gonna do this type of record, I go and do something else.

I've never been one to just play safe music and think that's all there is to it.

What we are as a live band is different to what we are on recordings, but they're both equal versions: they're both LCD Soundsystem, but in very different ways.

I get bored of music really easily, so I always try and make music that makes sense, but then it's just a little bit wrong.

Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different.

Once I write something, I never try to write that same style again, because I get very schizophrenic musically.

The greatest thing about me is I have always been able to reinvent. We have done that about three or four times with my sound.

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.

I'm the renegade of funk. I've made house, techno, rock, funk, reggae... That's why I've been on so many different labels.

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.

I think what the story of Yes has been is we've wandered in and out of different styles over the years.

I think music is so diverse today, and bands are so diverse. If you were a rock band in the Eighties, you kind of had to stick to one thing. Now, in this age of Coachella and European festivals and stuff, it's kind of anything goes, so that allowed us to try different things.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

As far as long-term goals, one of my favorite artists ever is Tegan and Sara, because every single one of their albums sounds different. Or Beck. I want to be like that because I come from so many different types of musical backgrounds.

I've done so many hip-hop albums already I got tired of just hip-hop.

I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.