John 5 Quotes

I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.

No one can pigeon-hole me because I play everything, and I did that on purpose.

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

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.'

I'll never stick to one sound, I switch it up.

Like everybody else, I love a good pop song. You know, there's nothing like it. I also just really like music that goes off on extended forays of extrapolation into different areas. So it's kind of nice to be able to move between those two poles.

I didn't want to box myself into writing just rock music because you can try to force it into moments that don't want it.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.

Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

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

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.

I love music. I love every kind of extreme sort of music, and many different genres, and if I were to have to dedicate myself to just one kind of genre, I would feel kind of gypped. I'd be like, man, I wish I could do this or that. And really all it takes is trying it out.

For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never wanted to do the same things over and over. Some think I've accomplished what I set out to do, and others consider me a dilettante.

When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.

I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists.

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.

I play different styles, and am very good at changing how I play.

I want to show everybody the diverse me and show people that I can do a tune on an R&B song, I can do a tune on a house song, I can do something on an Afrobeat. I really want to show that.

Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.

I'm not worried about making a certain type of music or sticking to one type of music.