Goapele Quotes

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

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 really like jazz and soul, but I also love so many other types of music, and I didn't want to be afraid to blend and experiment.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.

I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.

When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.

I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.

I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds of bands.'

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

I like pop music, and I like really weird, strange stuff. It just didn't feel like there was anyone doing both.

I don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.

A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock, salsa, rap.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

I'm really open to doing music. We just have to figure out what kind of music it's going to be - something where I don't feel compromised.

If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

I know that people think of me in terms of Latin music and that's wonderful, that's my heritage, that's who I am, but there's so much more to me and my music.

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

I always tell the fans, 'Screw it! Like what you like. Listen to what you want.' Insisting that one type of music is better than the next is snobbery, and I have no time for that. Check out all the music that's out there. There's great stuff you're probably missing.

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

I feel like my kind of music is a big pot of different spices. It's a soup with all kinds of ingredients in it.

I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists.

None of my songs sound the same. None of them. I take R&B beats and put it as a rap song or hip-hop beats and put them as a R&B song. A lot of people are boring. I don't like boring music. Everybody sounds the same, like they copying.

I have musical ADD or something, and I get bored doing the same thing over and over. I love different sounds, different influences.