Freddie Gibbs Quotes

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 a variety girl when it comes to different genres.

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

I'm universal. As much as I can get out a 'Firework' with Katy, I can get a 'Lil Freak' out with Usher. Or a 'Lay It Down' with Lloyd. I can get Caribbean as I did on 'Rio,' then go from there to working with No Doubt.

My music is very versatile, very mixed.

Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop artist on a hip-hop song - there are so many different things that are going on today. That is the same way in which we live our lives; we're all over the place. I like to try different things.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

I've worked with so many different artists, and I'm always willing to expand and do some new fun things as long as the music is fun and the fans appreciate it worldwide.

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.

Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.

I'm always trying to switch voices and genres.

Performing with Thomas Rhett our song 'Craving You,' I'm so excited for the fans to see it and sort of see our worlds come together because I feel like he's sort of a genre pusher and boundary pusher, and I feel the same way about my music.

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

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, and I feel like I can pull ideas from practically anything. You name it - I'll probably like it.

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

I don't have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres.

You know, I am very versatile in music.

I can play with Florida Georgia Line. We can throw down with people. I think that's what sets me apart.

I feel my voice can fit in many things so it's very interesting to combine things and music styles.

I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's also that over there.

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

I work pretty fluidly across all genres.

I am flexible and comfortable enough to pull off any genre.

I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing jazz, that can sing country. There's a big difference. In other words, I'm not a specialist.

I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.