Madlib Quotes

Despite being a classical musician, I keep poking my nose in other genres of music.

I want to explore diverse genres.

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

I had phases of listening to rap and trap, and then I had phases where I'd listen to post-hardcore, rap, grunge, metal... all that. I had different time periods of listening to different music. And now it all clashes together.

I want to explore all genres.

I can go from doing an electronic track to hip-hop to even folk songs. I think people like that variety in me.

Growing up, I always liked so many different sounds from so many different genres - the different aspects they could bring.

I'm going to be testing waters in all genres.

We listen to so many different types of music, so it's easy for us to play a different genre or style and it be true to what we do.

When I listen to music, there's usually some aspect of that music that I like, and that's what I take and try to bring into my own music. Bringing in other musicians to collaborate with is a good way for me to test out new ways or make music that I might have not discovered on my own.

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.

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

I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a lot of Asian music. It might surprise you, but I listen to a lot of Arabic music. And I don't care - music is music.

I love mixing up my genres.

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

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

I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

The biggest misconception about us is that we're just a rock band. We think our music is a cross-section of many genres; a hybrid of what the six of us have grown up on.

Depending on which day, and how I am feeling on that day, I have a different favorite song on the album. One day it might be 'Karma', and other days it is 'Stay For A While'

For better or worse, I'm interested in just about everything: every different type of music I can imagine. I can never see a reason to choose just one type of music at the exclusion of everything else. Different types of music are capable of being rewarding in different kinds of ways.

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.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things.