Pat Smear Quotes

I don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.

I'm totally open to exploring different types of music. I just have to always remember to be true to who I am.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

I think that as long as you stay true to you when you're putting out music, somebody's going to like it.

It's either you finna create your own wave, you finna sound like me or you finna sound like G Herbo, you finna sound like Chance The Rapper, you finna sound like Juice Wrld. You ain't gonna get too far 'cause you sound like somebody. So, create your own lane and do your own style.

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an extension of me. All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the time, whatever direction I'm heading in. And hopefully, everyone follows.

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.

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

It's not like if I play in big places I won't be happy. But I don't want to start adapting to what's in style to make my music. I want to stay true to my roots, to keep making the music I love, that comes from my soul. And if there are people who want to listen to it, I'm happy.

This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.

I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened.

I'm not trying to make beats that are better than somebody else's. I'm trying to make beats that are genuine to me.

I play a certain style. I'm not willing to compromise that part of me.

Just stick to what you feel you sing best at, no matter what it is.

That's the most important part of all the music I produce: making sure the artist is bringing themselves out in the music.

The intent of Slayer's musical and lyrical content has always been selfish. We feel very strongly about the importance of staying true to ourselves.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

I can only do music if I can do it the way I can do it.