Alissa White-Gluz Quotes

I tried to take heavy metal... and balled it up and chopped it in half and really tried to create a new form of energy. I really tried to re-shape extreme music as I see it through my eyes.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

I'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things that the Dead or no other band could do. We explore things and take things to the extreme.

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.

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.

I love music. I love every kind of extreme sort of music, and many different genres, and if I were to have to dedicate myself to just one kind of genre, I would feel kind of gypped. I'd be like, man, I wish I could do this or that. And really all it takes is trying it out.

My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that.

For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never wanted to do the same things over and over. Some think I've accomplished what I set out to do, and others consider me a dilettante.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

If you think of any strange fusion with bachata, most likely, we've done it. It's bachata mixed with different elements. We don't follow any style.

I love that I can play around with all types of music.

Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.

I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band.

I want to do more urban R&B with a little bit of pop, but not much. I want to have that soulful kind of side of me come out.

When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.

I like to experiment when it comes to music.

I want to explore all genres.

Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop.

I am sure there are some people who say that we are not metal, but we want to create a new genre that will appeal to people of all ages, both boys and girls.

I think New Order have got their own sound. But what we like to do is experiment, using dance music and other things.

I made an a capella cover of Kesha when everyone else was listening to Miles Davis and people didn't like it. They imitated me.