Richard Fleeshman Quotes

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

I listen to all kinds of music. The Calling, Blink 182, Bruce Springsteen, I mean, it's everything.

I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds of bands.'

Music is music - it makes no difference what it is. I can like Slipknot and Public Enemy equally.

Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist.

There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.

I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine.

Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock. Everyone is so concerned about who they like. They always say, 'This guy is the best,' 'No, this guy is the best.' But I think everyone is great. I really don't have barriers to any type of music. I could listen to everything from metal to classical music to anything else.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types.

When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.

I listen to everything. I sing country music, but I listen to different stuff.

I listen to jazz, pop, rock, R&B. It really doesn't matter to me.

I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.

I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds of music.

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

I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.

I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist.

I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful, and we should be open to enjoying it all.

The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.

Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.