Shy Glizzy Quotes

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

I learned everything I know about music from my parents and my sisters.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa is a humble one, and I defy anybody to prove that I'm faking it.

At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it.

When the Killers first came out, a lot of people thought we were English, and it touched a chord in me, because my roots are very American.

I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.

I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am.

I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.

Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

I was never particularly a part of the following of tango; I just liked it... most of all, I recognized that the urban content and the approach seemed very familiar and very connected to the songs that I was doing, the kind of songs that I wanted to write - the songs about the street.

I still don't have a real appreciation for music because I didn't really start listening to it until my 20s. My wife knows everything about music, and I try and get her to educate me, but it's just not part of my DNA.

As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.

Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical interests, which I think is to be encouraged.

My whole being sonically comes from my dad's understanding of music.

I have lived my whole life in Delhi. I used to live in Rohini and then I moved to Munirka. I have seen north and south Delhi very closely. That's why my songs and raps have a Dilli waali feel to it. Delhi made me who I am today and I am proud of it.

Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can't go to the hood, it's almost like you're not authentic, even if you're a dope artist that's respected.

Once I tried to find myself as a musician and a composer, I went back and saw that there was something special about Puerto Rican music. I knew that before, but had never sat down and thought about it. The more I learned about it, the more it found its way into the music I was writing.

What I really love about the Bay area sound is that it's very unique and that's something I want to strive for, as an artist. It's easy to get caught up in what's trending, but Bay area rap stays true to the local sound.

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

I'm a fan of hip-hop and I love it, I by no means am an expert on it.

I'm a fan of hip hop music, so I always used a hip hop element in my music anyway.

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry.