Kelly Rowland Quotes

I like all types of music. Even though rap music is 80 percent of what I listen to, it's not the only thing I listen to.

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

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

The only way I can make sense of my music is to compartmentalize it as opposed to having one band that I have to throw everything into. For me, it's just more fun and more challenging to create little worlds where a song or a piece can make sense.

You've got these guys that have this fresh, street, hip-hop country that sells a zillion. Keep doing that. I'll keep doing my stuff. We'll see how it goes.

I love all genres of music. I think it helps you become a better performer if you know the different types of music.

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

When I look at the life of those artists I admire, I believe that age isn't a big factor. As long as I have the capacity to accept a wide range of music, and have the ability to produce and make new music, I think I'd be okay as an older K-pop artist.

The heart bleeds music no matter what, and it bleeds different types of music.

I listened to a lot of reggae music, a lot of Caribbean, a lot of gospel, a lot of rock, a lot of country, hip-hop... you know, so it just gave me perspective when it came to music and what I liked.

I'm very lucky my parents were into different kinds of music.

We need all those divisions of country music, firing on all cylinders.

There are not many musicians from India who are working internationally in pop. My aim is to change that and show the world that we have so much more to offer.

I don't have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres.

There are two kinds of music: good music and bad music. Both are and will continue to co-exist.

I listen to everything while I train. From old school reggae, to classical stuff like Bach, to hip-hop, to rock and roll.

There are plenty of groups that have come out and did whatever they did and have broken up. Especially girls groups.

I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers, and people who like as-real-as-it-gets country music.

I'm a variety girl when it comes to different genres.

I have a very wide spectrum of stuff that I grew up listening to.

If there's only one genre that it's possible to listen to or possible to see live, then how can you explore different styles? How can you evolve, musically?

I think everyone has such varied taste in music.

Because in both TV and film every story under the sun is being told, and so music shouldn't be restricted to have to follow, like, the John Williams template or something. I love John Williams, but that sound doesn't suit every story.

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

I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music.