Matthew Ramsey Quotes

What I can offer the game is creating a sound that, when you hear it, you know it's mine.

When I listen back to my music and everyone else that's out there, I'm aware that there's something I can do that the next guy doesn't do.

I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

We're approaching things quite differently this time, but it will still sound like Marilyn Manson.

Everyone has said I got my own sound.

The thing about doing mashups and covers is it's great, but a part of you never gets to really showcase what your original sound is like or what your writing voice is like.

I made that a point when I was creating my sound from the beginning, I didn't want to sound like anybody. Once I kind of found my own sound, I mastered it.

I don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.

Your limitations create your sound.

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.

If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you are.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.

'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around.

I didn't want to be one of the Beach Boys or one of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. I mean, we appreciated that music. But I didn't want to grow a beard to look like Roy Wood just because I liked him.

It's either you finna create your own wave, you finna sound like me or you finna sound like G Herbo, you finna sound like Chance The Rapper, you finna sound like Juice Wrld. You ain't gonna get too far 'cause you sound like somebody. So, create your own lane and do your own style.

In terms of the production, the style I use is what I see as the 'Lisa Stansfield sound' and I would hope that when anyone puts on one of my songs they don't even have to listen to my voice to know this is a Lisa Stansfield song, because of the way it sounds.

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

Steve Vai had a unique style of playing. Steve Vai didn't sound like anyone else: Steve Vai sounded like Steve Vai.

I don't know how to write or to be anything other than Bananarama-ish because that's who we are.

Stylistically, we're trying to push things in different ways, but it always comes out sounding like Tool no matter what we're trying to do.

A lot of people say I got my own sound. I ain't never really got no comparisons. When people hear my music, they be like, 'He got his own lil sound.'

I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I can build upon that voice, which is ultimately very much mine.