Jakob Dylan Quotes

What I like about Americans is if it's good music, that's the only thing that matters.

Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground.

There's a certain type of indie fan who would balk at the prospect of there being value in pop music, but I think that's foolish. They're not really listening.

Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music.

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.

Great music is in the ear of the beholder.

Every one of us has a response of some kind to music, so I don't think it's fair to ever judge what is proper and what's not.

Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.

Some people hate the remixes, some people think it's cool. If you don't like that type of music and just like rock, you probably won't like it. But if you are open to more things, you just might dig it.

I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.

I have very diverse tastes in music, and I don't, like, make distinctions between what I can't and can't listen to. In fact, I could never understand why anybody would do that in the first place. My attitude is, 'I can't make music if I don't like music.'

The music speaks for itself. You either like it or you don't, or you're somewhere in between. That doesn't change whether I'm in the band or not.

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?

Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock. Everyone is so concerned about who they like. They always say, 'This guy is the best,' 'No, this guy is the best.' But I think everyone is great. I really don't have barriers to any type of music. I could listen to everything from metal to classical music to anything else.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.

I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people.

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

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level.

Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

I'm into hip-hop, rap, country, blues, gospel, old school, new school... whatever... pop. If it's really good, I like it. I don't have to be told what to listen to. If I like it and it's good, I'll listen to it.

The most important thing is that you like the music.