Steve Winwood Quotes

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

I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.

No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's probably a reason for it. Don't forget, I wrote most of those songs, music and lyrics.

I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.

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'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.

It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that's my taste in music - my taste in chord progressions and melodies.

Now my music is kind of pop-rock, right? If I'm 25 and singing still, I don't want to be singing music like that.

I'm playing with music and working on different types of music. But I've realised that I can't really stray from what is my marker.

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters.

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.

I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.

I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way. I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

I don't like the idea of a singer-songwriter record. I don't picture myself that way, and it's not my favorite sort of look, I guess. It's really just an aesthetic thing.

I have a very difficult time describing my music.

I know music is subjective.

I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in.

I was trying to establish an identity in music, and black and white had nothing to do with it.

I love pop music, but I don't want to be Celine Dion.

My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me.

If you went to see me today, you might not like my music.