Chad Gilbert Quotes

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

I think music changes and it evolves.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

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

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

If you're not changing what you're doing and exploring different parts of your musical output, I think you're slowly dying.

I always want to keep moving musically and trying new things.

Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through.

I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.

I can't re-define music every week!

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music every three minutes, every four minutes.

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

The music that I've made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

None of my songs sound the same. None of them. I take R&B beats and put it as a rap song or hip-hop beats and put them as a R&B song. A lot of people are boring. I don't like boring music. Everybody sounds the same, like they copying.

I feel like my music has become a lot of things. It's hard to label the evolution, but I like there to be an evolution. I just like to paint with all different kinds of colors.

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.

That's kind of the nature of being in a progressive band - always trying new things, moving forward.

Portugal. The Man, to me, doesn't have any real ties. We try to change things up with every album, really progress, and let things happen.