Chuck D Quotes

I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still me. It's a tricky thing to do.

I wasn't trying to sound like anybody else. Basically, I was just experimenting all over the place.

We didn't want to change who we are. We're not going to sit there and go, 'Let's be a rap band now.'

I like to change and switch it up. I don't want to sound like anybody else or sound the same. I always have to reinvent myself.

I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.

I know what my sound is. I'm just trying to get it out there how I can explain it. I'm not trying to write or put out some music that doesn't represent me.

You know, if Kelly Clarkson wants to do country albums because that's what inspires her, then let her do it. Look at Kanye West or Ludacris... they aren't rappin' and cussin' like they were on their first few albums, so what does that make them? It's all in the eye of the beholder and the listener. We all use our outlet to grow ourself.

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time.

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.

I always strive to make my music unique.

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

The goal is never be a copycat of ourselves. It's more along the lines of taking risks in our music.

Even on tour, where I perform songs from 'City Of Black And White,' I still do songs from 'Nothing Left To Lose.' I never turned my back on that material. On some albums, you change - that's all. The trick is to follow your heart and do what feels right.

The thing that I tell young people is everybody is unique in their approach to the music, and you have to protect that.

I think I'll always make music that sounds different from what is current, but I doubt that it'll sound consistently the same as what I've been doing.

I'm totally open to exploring different types of music. I just have to always remember to be true to who I am.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.

I feel responsible to make something original as a Japanese artist. There are lots of singers and guitarists, but I feel that on stage it's meaningless to copy something someone has done before.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

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'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.