Alexa Ray Joel Quotes

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

I feel most comfortable keeping versatile when it comes to music genres.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and to always go with the flow.

I don't want to be stuck to any specific genre.

I think I'm eclectic and I'm never afraid to not know an artist or a band or an album because I want to hear it.

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

I don't have one favourite band. I like everything.

I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.

I'm a mutt as far as music is concerned because I listen to everything.

I have really diverse tastes, which can be problematic sometimes, but it's good because it means I'm always listening to as much music as possible. I love listening to music, whatever genre it is.

I listen to a lot of different styles of music. So it doesn't have to be just one thing. I prefer it. If it's not, I get bored very easily.

I don't really differentiate between different genres: if there's a good part going, I'll go after it, and it's preferable to me if it's something I haven't done before.

I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.

Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning.

I've always been drawn to all sorts of genres and all sorts of voices.

Of course, I'm open to all kinds of genres. In my head, there are no demarcations.

I'm a very changeable character. I don't think I've got one style of music that is overriding to me.

I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's also that over there.

I'm really open-minded, musically. The credo I ascribe to is, 'Take care of the music, and let the rest take care of itself.' Growing up, I was a sponge and soaked up everything I was exposed to.

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.

Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist.

Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us.

If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist.

I'm into hip-hop, rap, country, blues, gospel, old school, new school... whatever... pop. If it's really good, I like it. I don't have to be told what to listen to. If I like it and it's good, I'll listen to it.