Brendon Urie Quotes

I love all forms of music. I even like music I dislike, because the music you dislike is like going to a strange country, and it forces you to rethink everything and to appreciate its particular joys.

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

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.

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

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 not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything.

The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.

For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never wanted to do the same things over and over. Some think I've accomplished what I set out to do, and others consider me a dilettante.

I have very diverse tastes in music, and I don't, like, make distinctions between what I can't and can't listen to. In fact, I could never understand why anybody would do that in the first place. My attitude is, 'I can't make music if I don't like music.'

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 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.

The thing is that I'm naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as long as people are nice enough to let me, I'll keep on trying.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, and I feel like I can pull ideas from practically anything. You name it - I'll probably like it.

I often go into the lions' den and engage with those I know oppose my views, because I want to understand what other people think.

I listen to different artists. I open my mind to different artists.

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

I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds of music.

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.

Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock. Everyone is so concerned about who they like. They always say, 'This guy is the best,' 'No, this guy is the best.' But I think everyone is great. I really don't have barriers to any type of music. I could listen to everything from metal to classical music to anything else.

We're all looking from the point of view of our own reality tunnels. And when we begin to realize that we're all looking from the point of view of our own reality tunnels, we find that it is much easier to understand where other people are coming from. All the ones who don't have the same reality tunnel as us do not seem ignorant, or deliberately perverse, or lying, or hypnotized by some mad ideology, they just have a different reality tunnel. And every reality tunnel might tell us something interesting about our world, if we're willing to listen.

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

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

I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.