Sam Phillips Quotes

My music is a whole reflection of who I'm as an individual.

Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.

Your ethnic or sexual identity, what region of the country you're from, what your class is - those aspects of your identity are not the same as your aesthetic identity.

I'm not hip-hop. I'm Tyler.

I express myself through clothes, but clothes don't define me.

I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh, you're a musician. So what kind of music do you play?' And I go, 'Uh, I've been doin' this for many years - I don't know what to call it.'

What I do is all about expressing myself, whether it's music or the clothes I wear.

I think I'm just doing me, my music, my shows, and my stories.

When it comes to music, it's my clothes, it's my guitar, it's my voice, it's my song.

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.

I never wanted to be that fad type of artist. When I looked up to artists, watching TV, I wanted to see somebody. I wanted to touch that person. I wanted to sound like them. I wanted to move like them. That' s what I want my fans to do. So that's why, everything that I do, the music I make, how I dress, it's all based off my lifestyle.

I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

The whole point in developing your own style is to find your own voice.

I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist.

I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.

Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors.