Leon Bridges Quotes

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

I learned a long time ago with guitars and amps or anything else, whatever band I'm in, I'm just going to sound like me anyway, so I just stay true to that.

I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am.

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.

We didn't want to change who we are. We're not going to sit there and go, 'Let's be a rap band now.'

I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to me.

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

I don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.

When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has acknowledged that they are writing music for a character.

I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

The whole process of music for me is something absolutely honest and really naked and bare, so I never forced myself to write in French.

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

I know what my sound is. I'm just trying to get it out there how I can explain it. I'm not trying to write or put out some music that doesn't represent me.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

I make the kind of music I like.

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

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.