Khalid Quotes

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.

I can make any type of music, so I wouldn't want to describe myself as having one type of sound. I think music is about keeping it diverse.

Creating any type of art is all about mood. I've been making extreme music in one fashion or another for decades. And truthfully, Down has a big enough fan base to where I could remain content to do only that, but music is a vast territory and I am an explorer. And I'm a lover of all things considered extreme in music.

It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.

I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it.

I was put on so many different musical stages growing up that I didn't think about what kind of music we played. I just thought music was music.

I don't just sing R&B: I'm able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it's all real soulful.

I have different sounds... I don't want to be just that girl that sings reggaeton or trap music.

I feel like I've always been drawn to a very diverse range of music and I've always enjoyed experimenting, so I'm not quite sure where exactly my music will go.

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

For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something.

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore and that I could make my own songs.

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.

I would never say I will stay in electronic music for the rest of my life. I will always do whatever I feel like at that moment.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

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 think that Yes' music is kind of on its own out there, and it goes through different chapters, and that involves different people. I don't think it's a case of 'any year is better than any other.' They can all co-exist quite comfortably.

A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I've been doing it long enough that I can do different things and be accepted.

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.