Nina Simone Quotes

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.

In Atlanta, there's no limitation to where you can take your music. You can be as creative as you want to be.

Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.

I feel like I'm musically free to do what I want.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself.

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.

You are the music while the music lasts.

What I do isn't black music; it's just my music.

The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer.

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.

I really love music that's on the periphery of not fitting into a clear genre. I felt like I was constantly being described as something I didn't really feel like I identified with.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

My music is like my freedom space.

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.

Creating any type of art is all about mood. I've been making extreme music in one fashion or another for decades. And truthfully, Down has a big enough fan base to where I could remain content to do only that, but music is a vast territory and I am an explorer. And I'm a lover of all things considered extreme in music.