Floor Jansen Quotes

I don't see myself as some kind of fightin'-the-good-fight guy. But I always feel like if you don't like one kind of music or the other, it's just not for you.

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

I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds of bands.'

Music is music - it makes no difference what it is. I can like Slipknot and Public Enemy equally.

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.

I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything.

Everybody has their opinion on what's 'real,' and what's they choose to listen to and their personal preference. Whether they're 2 years old or 200 years old. And people can listen to whatever they want.

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.

Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.

Even if you don't like what I do, and you don't like my band, you might have a fan that likes both of us, and why would you wanna alienate them?

When a different type of music is put in front of you, you can choose for yourself what you're supposed to like.

I think that everybody likes different kinds of music, and that's absolutely fine.

My son always says I like very weird music.

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

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

Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.

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.

The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.

I just think if the song's good, sing it. I don't care who's doing it. I don't care if it's a country act. I don't care if it's a rock act. If the song's good, sing it.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

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.

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.

I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards.

I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.