Fantastic Negrito Quotes

I always want to keep moving musically and trying new things.

That's kind of the nature of being in a progressive band - always trying new things, moving forward.

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.

Working with Prince, it's kind of like he's opened up this whole new world, especially with the horn players. And I'm like, 'Man, only if I had strings on this album, too.' And I'm like, 'I wish I had an orchestra.' So I just, you know - I just wonder what's next, you know. I just want to constantly push myself for more.

Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

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.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk.

If you're not changing what you're doing and exploring different parts of your musical output, I think you're slowly dying.

If you stick with one sound and one way of working, how will you ever progress?

There'd be no merit to replicating something, to repeating something. As artists and as musicians, you wanna continue to go in different directions and develop.

I'm going to keep evolving and evolving and showing people that progression is key when it comes to music.

As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing something completely new. It doesn't always happen, but that's the idea. My poor fans - I don't know if they love that or hate that.

I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don't want to keep making the same record over and over and over. I'm an 'evolve or die' kind of a musician. I think it's cool to try new things.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I've seen and learned enough to keep my music fresh and spread out.

I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.