PnB Rock Quotes

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.

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

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.

If a musician dares to get out of the box he's been put in, people get confused. They want people where they can find them! I am fortunate in some respects as I've always been known as someone who 'moves around' and tries different things. But generally, we are supposed to stay where we're put.

In the beginning of rock n' roll, there was always innovation. Artists were always trying to do something new and something different.

The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they don't want change, they don't like change. And I get that, that's cool. Luckily for me, I'm confident in myself as an artist where I can do what I want, and as long as I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.

As a creator, I always want to betray fans' expectations.

Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.

I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.

I'm not interested in re-creating the same blues I love so much. I'm interested in pushing boundaries.

Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs and making the band true to what the band is, but also stepping out and doing something current.

I'm trying to do different music, and I'm trying to be out of the box.

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.

The only intention I've ever had creatively, as a musician, is to be as different from myself as possible.