Sam Kinison Quotes

If it's got the feeling, if the music moves you or not, it doesn't matter what the genre is to me.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.

I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything.

I didn't really identify with the music of my own generation, but I was very curious about the music of others.

I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. I don't follow the rules. That's kind of how I do everything. Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy.

I was a strange kid. I'm still strange. People didn't get me. And I didn't expect them to.

I always tell the fans, 'Screw it! Like what you like. Listen to what you want.' Insisting that one type of music is better than the next is snobbery, and I have no time for that. Check out all the music that's out there. There's great stuff you're probably missing.

I was always an odd girl; I managed to alienate a lot of people. I felt like a square peg in a round hole in the music industry and created a lot of neurosis for myself.

I was never part of the crowd.

I don't have a very 'masculine' taste in music. I get a lot of heat from my friends about that.

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.

I've always been a misfit.

We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a rock band. Until we explain ourselves, sometimes people don't understand why we limit ourselves to just being a rock band. It's because that is what we like doing.

I like all kinds of music. But I would rather people stop caring about lines.

I never really fit in anywhere.

I love country music, but I also love gangster rap.

You should never be embarrassed or ashamed of listening to a particular type of music.

I'm definitely gonna be an outcast.

With rock and metal, I think a lot of people connect with the lyrics because they feel like they don't fit in.

A lot of the characters I gravitate towards feel like outsiders.

When all my friends were into punk, I'd be singing versions of soul ballads. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't want them to know I'm doing this.' But I really enjoyed singing those songs.