Curt Smith Quotes

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

I definitely try to broaden the scope of music. I don't know if it's pop or classical or what, but I'm religiously challenging myself all the time, for better or for worse.

Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing.

I think every artist reaches a place where they want to transcend genre.

I'm suspicious of the idea of categories in music and this idea of things being in boxes. To me, that seems unnatural. I write the music that somebody with my biography would write, and the thing that's always driven me is an enthusiasm for the material. I sort of follow the notes to where they want to go.

It seems like music gets put in this hub where you have to rap about this, and the minute you do something else, it's like you changing. Nah, I'm being creative.

People come in because they like 'Old Town Road.' They'll find out that I'm just not going to stick to that.

Rock music is a funny thing: You can actually take it too far sometimes, and then it's not rock music anymore - it's something else, but it's not rock.

Reggaeton is what opened the doors for me, and I'm always grateful for that. I'll do reggaeton for life, but I want to show that I'm an artist who can do everything.

I've got so many musical personalities, I could probably get treatment for it.

I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

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.

What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.

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 want to be held down by genres so much.

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

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

They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.

I love music, that it changes so much, but I also want to keep a bit of the country roots to make it country. I don't want to go too far away from it, or I would do pop music.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world.

I think there have to be Bachs and Beethovens. We may have - there are so many more people. Musical training is available to so many more, but it may be that we've hit a right wall in terms of accessible styles and since we demand innovation as a criterion of genius, there may not be more innovative styles to be found.

All along, I did what I was comfortable doing, which was to play the music I enjoyed and try to stretch the parameters a bit. Country and bluegrass and folk were my foundation.

A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I've been doing it long enough that I can do different things and be accepted.