Mark McGrath Quotes

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

I can try new genres because I know there are fans who will always be there to support what I would like to pursue.

I really like jazz and soul, but I also love so many other types of music, and I didn't want to be afraid to blend and experiment.

We've incorporated different sounds from different countries and genres, and we've explored widening the range of our music.

I always loved bands who would try to change their sound radically album to album, experiment in one album and revert back in another.

I like all types of music. Even though rap music is 80 percent of what I listen to, it's not the only thing I listen to.

For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

Me personally, I think all the barriers that are put up between genres are so easily broken. People just love music that moves them.

It's all about knowing your audience. When I buy a record by a band and it sounds completely different, I'm just like, 'Why didn't you change your band name?'

It's important to me to not stay too confined to any specific sonic space. There is something really magical about straight folk music - it's not that I don't like it, it's just that I like so much music, I hear so many different things, and I want to try more. I don't want to be confined.

My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.

The only way I can make sense of my music is to compartmentalize it as opposed to having one band that I have to throw everything into. For me, it's just more fun and more challenging to create little worlds where a song or a piece can make sense.

I just like blending all the genres together but blending them up in a good way. I try to be as free as I can with it.

If we have to put music into baskets, then the progressive rock bands I fell in love with as a teenager made sounds that shaded into jazz, folk, metal, and in the case of the wonderful (and sadly missed) Jon Lord, modern classical music.

We can be whatever we want to be. We can be a country band if we need to be. We can be a rock band if we need to be.

I love all genres of music. I think it helps you become a better performer if you know the different types of music.

I listened to a lot of reggae music, a lot of Caribbean, a lot of gospel, a lot of rock, a lot of country, hip-hop... you know, so it just gave me perspective when it came to music and what I liked.

I always play so many different styles that I don't think anything I do surprises anyone.

I'm very lucky my parents were into different kinds of music.

What I do is a bit broader in scope than a heavy metal band like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, ACDC and so on.

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

I worked with different producers from all genres, trying to bridge different styles of music, from urban to electronica to ballads.

I am trying every genre.

I don't have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres.

I don't want to be all over the place with my style and my music, but I am experimenting.