Henry Golding Quotes

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

I get bored with music so I try to listen to things in different types of genre to see what's possible.

That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.

I can make any type of music, so I wouldn't want to describe myself as having one type of sound. I think music is about keeping it diverse.

I love mixing up my genres.

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

With my music, I don't have to stay in one lane. One day I'm in Motown, and the next day I'm in reggae.

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.

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

I always play so many different styles that I don't think anything I do surprises anyone.

I want to explore diverse genres.

I want to explore all genres.

I can go from doing an electronic track to hip-hop to even folk songs. I think people like that variety in me.

Genre hopping is something I intend to do, and I intend to do it forever and ever because I think genres are boring.

The best part about living in New York is that you are able to play with different people in different styles in the same week. It's really part of who I am as a musical person. I try to incorporate everything that I encounter.

I put out 'Rhythm & Bricks,' which showed my versatility, and I had a lot of melodic songs on there, then I had a lot of street songs on there, and I just wanted to know what everybody wanted from me. I did put that out so that everybody could get a feel, so 'Cut It' just happened to come out of there.

I've been lucky enough to sort of go over different mediums, different vibes and genres.

My musical output has been consistently acoustic, but my taste has not. I love everything. As long as it's good, I'm in.

I didn't want to box myself into writing just rock music because you can try to force it into moments that don't want it.

Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

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

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.