Cecil Taylor Quotes

I have very diverse tastes in music, and I don't, like, make distinctions between what I can't and can't listen to. In fact, I could never understand why anybody would do that in the first place. My attitude is, 'I can't make music if I don't like music.'

I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and to always go with the flow.

Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn. Don't dismiss something out of hand because you think it's either beneath you or outside of the realm of where your interests lie.

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

I have really diverse tastes, which can be problematic sometimes, but it's good because it means I'm always listening to as much music as possible. I love listening to music, whatever genre it is.

For better or worse, I'm interested in just about everything: every different type of music I can imagine. I can never see a reason to choose just one type of music at the exclusion of everything else. Different types of music are capable of being rewarding in different kinds of ways.

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.

I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.

I'm really open-minded, musically. The credo I ascribe to is, 'Take care of the music, and let the rest take care of itself.' Growing up, I was a sponge and soaked up everything I was exposed to.

I feel most comfortable keeping versatile when it comes to music genres.

I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.

I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

I love all forms of music. I even like music I dislike, because the music you dislike is like going to a strange country, and it forces you to rethink everything and to appreciate its particular joys.

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

There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types.

My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing.

I'm a mutt as far as music is concerned because I listen to everything.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.

My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.

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.

I learned about embracing all different genres as opposed to just getting attached to one.

I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lines that separate us, I don't believe in that. That's for people who need to easily define what they're hearing. Me, I'm cool with everything and anything I'm hearing that's music. It comes under one definition for me.

I think I'm eclectic and I'm never afraid to not know an artist or a band or an album because I want to hear it.