Zaytoven Quotes

I don't just sing R&B: I'm able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it's all real soulful.

I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.

I try to write five or six songs each year and not just in one genre.

I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.

We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues.

Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.

I listen to jazz, pop, rock, R&B. It really doesn't matter to me.

For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.

Nah, I'm not one of those 'hip-hop is dead' people. I just like different artists. I never look at it as one entity. I've always felt like that.

Who's to say a blues man can't play rock and roll?

I think I have a different view of what pop is and what can be acceptable in that realm. I feel good about that. I want fans to see that not everything's so black and white with genres.

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.

I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.

I don't want to be seen as this math-rock geek.

You don't want to be a one-trick pony. On a lot of Smiths songs, I used a pick or a plectrum, and for some of the slow songs, I used my thumbs and my fingers. That's why I love the bass - it's adaptable, and you can express yourself so well with it.

The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

I'm into hip-hop, rap, country, blues, gospel, old school, new school... whatever... pop. If it's really good, I like it. I don't have to be told what to listen to. If I like it and it's good, I'll listen to it.

Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it.