Morten Harket Quotes

I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn't have crafty pop songs where it sort of didn't matter who played them because they're just really great songs.

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music.

I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh, you're a musician. So what kind of music do you play?' And I go, 'Uh, I've been doin' this for many years - I don't know what to call it.'

There are some guys out there who make great music who may or may not be super-emotionally attached to their work. To each their own.

Everyone tried to be a singer other than just a player. We had four voices in The Moody Blues.

It probably would be impossible for me to make music and not make it sound like Burzum. This is the music I make and the only music I am able to make, so I have no other options musically.

Country is and always will be my heart, but I don't have a problem with it spilling over into pop if it wants to.

Of all of them, I just -- maybe because I know them, but I think 'N Sync has -- can maybe transcend that whole boy band thing, you know, because they got a good attitude and a good spirit, and they're talented guys.

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

I love Billy Joel's music, but let's put it this way - I think this is a frustrated, ugly man.

I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out of a collection of songs to be able to understand what the musician is doing.

Just understand that the type of music that I make is something special.

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

You hear ten seconds of a song, and you know it's OutKast. There's a strangeness about it because it's catchy, but it's not just pop for the sake of pop. They're pushing the envelope.

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

The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.

I want to play guitar, piano, drums, write songs for other people. I can do punk - I can do indie - but as long as it has my voice, it'll always be my sound.

In many ways, we might compare to The Pretenders more than others, but still, we created our own category.

I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.

I always hated that 'You Think You Know Me' music because it never fit me and what I actually listen to.

Our music's got flavor; it's got skill. And we present it really well.

I love performing on my own scores. I do it quite a lot.

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.

We don't want to categorize our music. Some people say you need a definite musical direction to give a group visibility.

What I ended up learning was that I had to do what I do well, and do it really well and say, 'Maybe there is no pop music that sounds like this now, but I can make it so maybe tomorrow what I like can be what everybody likes.'