Nina Nesbitt Quotes

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.

I don't want to make an album which is full of brutal and jarring techno.

The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'

There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern.

Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.

My favorite song is 'Cybele's Reverie' by Stereolab.

My music puts people in a dreamy mood. It's edgy. It's nuanced. I get annoyed when people say it's R&B because it's not that simple. I call it futuristic soul.

My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.

I like the mix of something farmlike and something futuristic and artsy mixed together. It's kind of both my worlds.

The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative.

I would describe my sound in the field of electro pop. A combination of deep yet simple lyrics coupled with easy beats.

I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop.

It's perhaps easier to say what prog rock isn't than what it is: it's not three-minute pop songs, it's not straightforward rock, metal, blues or jazz, but can have elements of all them and more. It's a form that is on the boundaries of many different forms, that is open to all sorts of influences.

I prefer catchy, passionate, temperamental music. And as an upside of that, Ghost's repertoire has, over the years, been piqued by a few, sort of, hits.

We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or shouldn't do since our music is a little bit poppier.

The Go-Go's were a frothy pop band. I wanted to do music that had a harder edge.

Coming from an R&B background, I was like, 'I'm gonna make slow jams.'

There is a pop element to what I do, but I'm going for a deeper, more left-of-center vibe. That's the sound I've always been looking for.

'Uptown Funk' has all the ingredients of the funk that I love.

My aesthetic is I love anything in the late 1800s, early 1900s.

If you go back and listen to the album 'Name' was on, there were a lot of garage songs on it.

I lie more with drums and the more heavy and darker aspects of music.

Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's got to have that haziness to it.

In terms of tone and style, I've always been influenced by a lot of different players. I love Nick Drake, Mike Bloomfield and Sonic Boom. I like those three a lot!

You will hear ambient in our music. You will hear trip-hop.