Stormzy Quotes

There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.

I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all.

I just don't feel limited by genre.

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

I think every artist reaches a place where they want to transcend genre.

My goal is to try to avoid a genre.

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.

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

Because I feel like I can do so many different things, and people like my music for different reasons, I don't feel pigeonholed. I think people are always going to appreciate whatever direction I take.

To be an artist that is fully original, it doesn't exist.

I try to stay away from any genre. I like to just make music, and it just is what it is.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.

I'm obsessed with the idea of genrelessness and generationlessness.

One of the advantages of not going to art school is that you're not taught what you can't do.

There was a lot of pressure to find a genre and stick to it. People would tell me all the time, 'You can't be all things to everyone.' I would say, 'I'm not trying to be! I'm being what I want to be for myself.'

I just like to do things that people can remember, but I wanna always do my own album and make statements.

I am comfortable doing independent music; it gives me more freedom as an artiste.

I don't want to do the song-dance formula; there are many people doing it, right?

My thing is, you have to let young artists be young artists.

Art is freedom. If we don't have that element, we don't feel human anymore. Art is not decoration or a function. Before all that, art is art. This connection to meaning - our inner, intuitive knowledge - is something.

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.

I couldn't be an artist who was told what to do, what to be, what to sing.

Of course, I'm open to all kinds of genres. In my head, there are no demarcations.

I want to showcase my talent, I'm not just a grime MC, I'm an artist.

I'm a pop artist, and that's what I'll always be. I don't want to be a 'credible artist.'