Oneohtrix Point Never Quotes

Pop music is so structured, and I'm excited to try and challenge that in my own work.

I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that had come along and done it before me. I felt a little out of place for a while.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

After 'Mosaic,' I think a lot of people didn't know what my next record was going to be. And that's what I love. I just love doing music because I'm not going to follow the patterns and formulas of Music Row.

I make all types of music. People wanna put me in a little box, and they get mad when I don't stay in there.

I spent the first part of my career trying to avoid genre because I felt like genre, in some way, was cliche.

For myself, I haven't been content to carry on producing books that merely strain against the conventions - as I've grown older, and realised that there aren't that many books left for me to write, so I've become determined that they should be the fictive equivalent of ripping the damn corset off altogether and chucking it on the fire.

I've never played it safe on my own music.

I'm American. I'm eclectic. I'm going to follow my musical passions. And if people don't like it, and it hurts my legacy, I'm not going to worry about that.

My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And I was a very naughty boy to boot!

All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.

I associate creativity with independent music.

When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.

I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.

What I love about Kanye is that he doesn't fit the mould either. He does what he feels.

So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer.

It's a great place to be as an artist: if you confuse your label, you're doing your job.

For me, prog rock has always been essentially British. It combines all our great and eccentric genius. We are not hung up on categories, rules and classification. We love people who break the mould, challenge us and make us think differently.

When I first did 'Empire,' it was a severe break from everything I'd written up to that point, which is all very continuity-driven, super-heroic, and ethics and morals-infused. 'Empire' was a chance to break away from that.

I feel like I want to make anime that destroys the norms, something that would be strong, even if it is unconventional.

Honestly, I really can't speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because we all want to have our creative way.

It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically.

I didn't come up as a DJ, so I don't play by DJ rules.