Isaac Brock Quotes

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed.

I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.

I make the kind of music I like.

I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice.

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.

My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that.

When I started writing, I just wanted to do something different and creative. I first thought neo-soul was a good pathway for me, so I tried that out but realized I didn't want to be placed in that box.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it.

I think that a band that cannot limit themselves to one genre and can kind of do a lot of different things.

I always want people to expect the unexpected, to hear me in records that have nothing to do with bachata. 'Golden' is the golden opportunity for them to appreciate me on other records.

I just don't feel limited by genre.

As a musician, you want to be your own favorite artist and be able to make the music that is an accumulation of all your favorite influences.

We don't want to box ourselves within any type of genre, you know? Whatever feels good, if it moves us and we like it, we get on it and make it our own. That's what we do.

I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.

My goal is to try to avoid a genre.

I make all types of music. People wanna put me in a little box, and they get mad when I don't stay in there.

I'd love to do the straight music thing, but that's kind of against our mission, which is to rebel against the serious singer-songwriter mentality.

I have different sounds... I don't want to be just that girl that sings reggaeton or trap music.

I try to stay away from any genre. I like to just make music, and it just is what it is.

I've got so many musical personalities, I could probably get treatment for it.

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

I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.