Unbounded Artistry Quotes

No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no.

My art side is free and there are no strings attached.

Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.

Some artists say 'Don't categorize me.' I'm saying 'You can't categorize me.'

Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me.

There were certain things I couldn't do with New Order without upsetting the rest of the band, so I started to write some solo stuff.

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.

Art is fluid, and it travels. You have to let music take you where it wants to take you. You can't necessarily be the controller.

I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.

I don't want to have the bounds put on me in terms of mediums.