Juicy J Quotes

Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.

I don't like putting a name on my music. It's not just country and rap; it's got Southern rock, classic rock.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

I think stuff on the radio is mostly good, but it's just not what I'm into. I'm not into rap metal.

You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.

The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a little rock and a little pop.

The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.

In my opinion, hip-hop has a lot to do with rock and roll, because at one point it was considered an alternative - edgy, independent. Hip-hop is pots and pans the way that punk is garage. You make something out of nothing.

The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music.

I'm this strange kind of fusion of jazz, pop, and R&B.

I'm not really into rap.

I'm just experimenting with every different type of music you can imagine and seeing where my voice lies and what sounds best. I think when I do finally do the album it will be very eclectic - just loads of different stuff on it. That's what I am hoping.

I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I could write more, but I'm not very good at it.

I'm a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.

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

Metal is still the biggest music now in America.

There's a bit of a new guard of contemporary classical musicians in New York, and we play a lot of different kinds of music together. We do pop studio sessions, and we'll also play John Cage and more avant-garde work. We're developing a language of music that comes with a lot of different styles, different kinds of work.

I'm a rapper-singer, or singer-rapper - it's not one before the other. I do both.

I pretty much like all music except for country. I'm not a big fan of country.

I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.

I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.

I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out.