Ginger Baker Quotes

I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.

We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a rock band. Until we explain ourselves, sometimes people don't understand why we limit ourselves to just being a rock band. It's because that is what we like doing.

I listen to some really bad country.

I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to.

A lot of music that's my favorite doesn't sound like the music I write.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

My son always says I like very weird music.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

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

I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.

We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.

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.

Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop.

I know music is subjective.

Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.

If you went to see me today, you might not like my music.

There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.