Lauren Mayberry Quotes

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.

Music is music - it makes no difference what it is. I can like Slipknot and Public Enemy equally.

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.

I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

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 went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.

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.

There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.

I genuinely love Oasis, and I also genuinely love Beyonce. My body gets the same pleasure. If you like different types of music, it's OK to say it.

I don't see myself as some kind of fightin'-the-good-fight guy. But I always feel like if you don't like one kind of music or the other, it's just not for you.

I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds of bands.'

We certainly are proud of our punk-rock heritage, but when people who like other kinds of music are into your band, it's flattering.

There are those who discredit a style or a way of playing and those who accept all the different styles.

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 a music fan first and foremost. I can find the beauty in Jellyfish and U2 just as much as Opeth and Lamb of God, just as much as I can with Rush and Yes.

I really truly love all styles of music. A lot of people say that, but the first station they turn to when they get in the car is a rock station. I don't always do that. I really enjoy everything. But, of course, I'm a rock shred guitar player first.

My musical tastes change every week.

Every one of us has a response of some kind to music, so I don't think it's fair to ever judge what is proper and what's not.

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

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.