Victoria Legrand Quotes

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing other people's songs better than my own. She says I loosen up and give the songs a different feel.

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

There's been a time where I was like, I wanna be a folk singer; no, I wanna sing soul. I want to sing classical music. I want to sing R&B. I want to be on Broadway. I just wanna sing. Whatever comes out of my mouth, that's what I want to do.

My music has always been sort of in between categories. Sometimes record stores - back when there were record stores - they'd put my records in the country music section, but other record stores would put my records in the pop or even the rock section. As long as it's in the store somewhere, I'm OK with it.

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

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 made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a Modest Mouse song' or 'This is an Ugly Casanova song.' The people who were open to it not being a Modest Mouse record liked it.

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

If I like dubstep and electronic, why don't I make the violin fit me rather than making myself fit the violin?

I can show my characteristics and musical colors both as a member of Bigbang and as a solo artist.

When I went out and started making solo records, I was determined not to, I guess, put my name on an album that sounded like Styx. I wanted to carve my own niche, so quite frankly I went in a different direction.

People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music.

I make all types of music. People wanna put me in a little box, and they get mad when I don't stay in there.

I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed.

The best part about living in New York is that you are able to play with different people in different styles in the same week. It's really part of who I am as a musical person. I try to incorporate everything that I encounter.

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

I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds of songs.

I'm going to be testing waters in all genres.

I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that I needed to be a composer or a performer, but I can't be good at both of them. I could never understand why anyone would say that. Jellyroll did both, Bessie Smith did both, and so did I.

I feel like that's what's going to be most respected at the end of the day, that I'm able to do so many different things and become less of a rapper and just more as a musician.

I didn't want to box myself into writing just rock music because you can try to force it into moments that don't want it.