Kygo Quotes

In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am.

From the beginning, I've always had a knack for catchy melodies. But I went through a period when I was trying to be rock n' roll and have a rock n' roll attitude. I was fighting my nature by trying to play really hard and sing really hard. But at a certain point, I realized that I loved syrupy pop music with tons of harmony.

I don't think I am a soul singer and definitely don't think that I am a country artist by any stretch.

I've been criticized for doing so - crossover music. But I never claimed to be a pure dancehall artist.

If you go out and just play the old stuff and never write new stuff, you're not really a complete musician, you're a performer.

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

Listen, man: I am not the industrial godfather, king, whatever. I don't relish that title. I don't like it. I think it's limiting. I do country, I do blues. I don't just go straight.

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

I never look for music by genre. I look for an artist who puts a dependable trademark on things. Like Elvis Costello - he's a great songwriter who presents his songs in a number of contexts. I feel the same about my own music.

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.

I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

I always thought that I would have a recording career.

I can show my characteristics and musical colors both as a member of Bigbang and as a solo artist.

I did country way back when I was, like, 13-14 years old, and then I kind of fell into the pop genre.

We were definitely new to the whole music thing. The first album was a real collaborative effort between us, the writers, and the A&R people at Columbia Records. We really worked to find out what our sound was.

Some people say I make hip-hop. Others see me as doing EDM. Some people might look at me as a trap artist, but I'm not really stuck to any of those.

I wouldn't categorize myself as R&B or hip-hop. I don't really know how to categorize myself. I'm still working out where I fit with that stuff. I kind of think of myself as pop.