Alison Moyet Quotes

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I've done so many hip-hop albums already I got tired of just hip-hop.

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

I didn't want to be a one-hit wonder. I really wanted to make albums that had a different aesthetic every album and a different sound.

Reggaeton is what opened the doors for me, and I'm always grateful for that. I'll do reggaeton for life, but I want to show that I'm an artist who can do everything.

Once I write something, I never try to write that same style again, because I get very schizophrenic musically.

I was always into punk, ever since I was 13, but I was into other stuff, too - like, well, the Spice Girls. I really liked Scary Spice.

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

I love mixing up my genres.

I think what the story of Yes has been is we've wandered in and out of different styles over the years.

A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I've been doing it long enough that I can do different things and be accepted.

As far as long-term goals, one of my favorite artists ever is Tegan and Sara, because every single one of their albums sounds different. Or Beck. I want to be like that because I come from so many different types of musical backgrounds.

You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one.

The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

Growing up in Miami, having these different cultures and being inspired in so many ways musically has let me have a very long career, 'cause just when you think I'm gonna do this type of record, I go and do something else.

People ask me how could I go from country to jazz. It's been a natural convergence for me.

I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different.

I always loved bands who would try to change their sound radically album to album, experiment in one album and revert back in another.