Michael Giles Quotes

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.

I didn't want to be one of the Beach Boys or one of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. I mean, we appreciated that music. But I didn't want to grow a beard to look like Roy Wood just because I liked him.

I'd love to do the straight music thing, but that's kind of against our mission, which is to rebel against the serious singer-songwriter mentality.

My music is not like everybody gonna love it, it's really what I make of it.

Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do.

I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice.

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the rest will come easy.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

I really love music that's on the periphery of not fitting into a clear genre. I felt like I was constantly being described as something I didn't really feel like I identified with.

Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique. You have to think, 'I'm me. I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.

The music I make, I'm different.

I like what Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina are doing, but I think I'm just trying to do something different.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

Led Zeppelin sounded like nobody else. That spoke to the individuality of the band and the direction Jimmy Page wanted to pursue.

I don't know if I would compare my sound to anyone because I like to think that my music is my music.

I don't want to be trending. Instead of pursuing ideas of being more radio-friendly and... commercial, I want to go harder at being more creative.