I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like samba, and do it with trap drums. I like going places other people haven't gone before.
I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.
We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with one thing. We didn't want to be scared to do anything that we wanted to do. We didn't want anything to hold us back. We wanted no boundaries.
From my time in 'King Crimson,' I'd describe a Progressive band as one that keeps trying to break musical barriers, and keeps trying to do new music.
It's really interesting to just look at the career of a musician and a producer that went into many different genres and many different styles and many different places but always breaking the barriers between genres and at some point reinventing himself all along the way but also inventing things at the same time.
With my music, I don't have to stay in one lane. One day I'm in Motown, and the next day I'm in reggae.
It falls in all the cracks, from classical music to jazz,. Anywhere there's a hole in the floor, my music falls through it. But that's OK.
All my favorite bands are the ones that push the limits and boundaries.
With my classical training and coming from a metal band, producers didn't know what to expect. I like to shock people, though.
I like living on that edge, musically. I like a bit of insecurity and that feeling of not really knowing what's going to happen.
