Bob Mould Quotes

Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.

Normally, things are viewed in these little segmented boxes. There's classical, and then there's jazz; romantic, and then there's baroque. I find that very dissatisfying. I was trying to find the thread that connects one type of music - one type of musician - to another, and to follow that thread in some kind of natural, evolutionary way.

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it.

Where do you even draw the line between genres?

In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences.

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.

Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.

I guess I always think the people that know me or fans that have followed me and know my solo work would know that I've always had really eclectic tastes - even in Motley, dude.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope when compared to the rest of music in the world.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy's early music.

I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues.

Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.

I'm influenced by all types of music.

When I think of music, I think of music in its totality, complete. From the lowest blues to the highest symphony, you know, so what I'd like to do is exemplify each style of as many periods as I can possibly do.

It was really terrific but Foreigner was nothing like Yes and that style did not suit our music.

In America, music is more tightly categorized.

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.