Talib Kweli Quotes

I work pretty fluidly across all genres.

My focus is to not focus too much on one genre.

For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never wanted to do the same things over and over. Some think I've accomplished what I set out to do, and others consider me a dilettante.

I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema.

I think that a band that cannot limit themselves to one genre and can kind of do a lot of different things.

I have a variety of styles. I don't stick to one particular style.

I don't have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres.

It's important to immerse myself in one thing at a time to do it well, but I could never do one thing only. I will always be a poet and a singer, because I'm interested in bending genres and pushing boundaries of what is considered a poem, what is considered a song.

I'm not just a country artist. I've got so any sides to me and the music I write.

If I'm smart as an artist, I wouldn't be a snob and turn it down, because I'd look at it and go, this is great stuff, but I definitely do want to experiment in other genres, or make films in other genres.

The goal [of mine] was always to work in as many different genres as I possibly could.

Erykah Badu projects don't even sound like Erykah Badu projects. I don't even have one album that sounds like another one of my albums.

No one can pigeon-hole me because I play everything, and I did that on purpose.

It's really rare that an entire genre of music allows an artist from a different genre to come and live there.

I'm always trying to switch voices and genres.

I always liked that about bands like the Beatles. They could be so touching at one moment and then 'Helter Skelter' the next.

One week you may be an actor, and the next week you had to be nimble enough to be a TV host. And the week after that, you might have to do some stand-up or be in an improv company or write and sing a song somewhere.

If I bring anything to the Coen Brothers' films, it's my ability to change tack and create a different mood from film to film.

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

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.

Some artists are like ready-salted crisps and just do what they are supposed to do. But I'm every flavour in one. I'm one of those variety packs.

Of course, I'm open to all kinds of genres. In my head, there are no demarcations.

I don't want to ever be categorized. I want to be able to hit every genre.

I always write tons of different styles.