Glenn Tipton Quotes

I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band.

Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but it should exist.

It's a very subjective, personal, instinctive approach as musicians of saying, 'We don't want to replace what's around; we just want to widen the possibilities.'

I wouldn't go so far as to make 'You Don't Own Me' a tango or 'It's My Party' a hip-hop thing. Believe me, those things have been suggested to me. But I thought if I could stay true to the song, the arrangements would work. I'm really enjoying singing them.

It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

I always want people to expect the unexpected, to hear me in records that have nothing to do with bachata. 'Golden' is the golden opportunity for them to appreciate me on other records.

I don't want to be stuck to any specific genre.

I've been singing one kind of genre for a long time but have always tried to push to new auras about picking new songs or the same kind of genre but trying to sing it differently, treating it differently.

We don't want to box ourselves within any type of genre, you know? Whatever feels good, if it moves us and we like it, we get on it and make it our own. That's what we do.

Coldplay doesn't have to stay within a certain genre; they just go where they go.

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I took into Depeche was that punk ethic, that you don't have to be accomplished to be a musician. If you've got ideas, you can do this.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

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.

My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.

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

In terms of music, I can try anything I want, even something that doesn't work at all, because I'm not putting my career in jeopardy.

To break R&B into subcategories does a disservice to the music. I like to live in a zone where I can do whatever I want, where I don't have to worry about genre.

I kind of make music where and when I can, and I guess that's why I collaborate so much.

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.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same.

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.