Ricky Reed Quotes

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

I listen to all kinds of music. The Calling, Blink 182, Bruce Springsteen, I mean, it's everything.

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

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

I've always appreciated having a wide music taste, despite making what a lot of people would call electronic music.

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

I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful, and we should be open to enjoying it all.

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.

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.

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.

People often ask us if we had direct influences. Honestly, just a lot of different music - not necessarily individual people. We listen to anything from Bob Dylan to Massive Attack to Aerosmith to En Vogue. We very much enjoy all that music.

I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.

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

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

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.

Musically, my palette is eclectic.

In all of my years in this business, I've always been part of either a progressive band or a metal band.

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.