El-P Quotes

I don't feel embarrassed by any of the music that I like. I think it's all genuinely clever, good music.

If it's got the feeling, if the music moves you or not, it doesn't matter what the genre is to me.

I was working with a great actress - a superior artist in every way - and she really liked Celine Dion. I tried very hard, but I couldn't understand it. I just can't listen to Celine Dion! So I guess music is a deal breaker.

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

Every one of us has a response of some kind to music, so I don't think it's fair to ever judge what is proper and what's not.

When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to get into their room, they would close the door and say, 'You can't hear that. It's not for a child!' Now, I can listen to it and enjoy it.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music.

I know music is subjective.

I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.

I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me.

I don't really hate a lot of songs, but I think Weezer has put out some songs I really hate because they've also put out a lot of songs I really like.

Music is music - it makes no difference what it is. I can like Slipknot and Public Enemy equally.

I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

I can understand someone not liking the voice or the songs.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

Great music is in the ear of the beholder.

It's not very often that I like new bands.

What I like about Americans is if it's good music, that's the only thing that matters.

Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground.

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.

The most important thing is that you like the music.