Joe Bonamassa Quotes

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

I'm a chameleon. When you put me in certain soils, musically speaking, I will be in that place.

I want to show everybody the diverse me and show people that I can do a tune on an R&B song, I can do a tune on a house song, I can do something on an Afrobeat. I really want to show that.

I'm versatile with my sound. I can switch it up a lot.

I work pretty fluidly across all genres.

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great.

I've learned a lot from being a chameleon, sort of adopting the musical personalities of who I was playing with.

I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or 'Sherry,' I should be able to do that. Or a Dylan song.

I kind of consider myself a chameleon in music. I love all sorts of music.

I'm lucky that I can play all kinds of music, that it appeals to all of the generations.

I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do.

I'm not more into one scene than any other, and that's why I feel very lucky to be able to go into two different styles of music and be successful at both.

I play different styles, and am very good at changing how I play.

I don't put myself in any box or say that I can't work on any kind of music. I'm not just a producer that only makes urban music.

If you only play metal, it's going to be very apparent that you're a one-dimensional drummer.

I'm a chameleon when it comes to guitar playing and like to stretch out into different territories.

I'm a very changeable character. I don't think I've got one style of music that is overriding to me.

Different films, different genres show the different things I do. It's nice because it brings different groups of people to following what I'm doing. So hopefully, it kind of reiterates that I'm not just a one-trick pony as well.

Being genre-bending doesn't really cross my mind. I don't consider anyone I work with a specific genre.

I try to make things as versatile as possible. Usually, you have to listen to one artist for a certain vibe and another artist to catch the next vibe. I want to make an album that has all of that in there.

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 don't want to be stuck to any specific genre.

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.