Eric Nam Quotes

I can make any type of music, so I wouldn't want to describe myself as having one type of sound. I think music is about keeping it diverse.

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

I guess I always think the people that know me or fans that have followed me and know my solo work would know that I've always had really eclectic tastes - even in Motley, dude.

When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.

I want to explore all genres.

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I love music, that it changes so much, but I also want to keep a bit of the country roots to make it country. I don't want to go too far away from it, or I would do pop music.

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

That's why so much of the music today sounds so much alike, because there's no in-between. So it's kind of nice to still turn some buttons every now and then.

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.

Creating any type of art is all about mood. I've been making extreme music in one fashion or another for decades. And truthfully, Down has a big enough fan base to where I could remain content to do only that, but music is a vast territory and I am an explorer. And I'm a lover of all things considered extreme in music.

Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing.

I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others.

There's been a time where I was like, I wanna be a folk singer; no, I wanna sing soul. I want to sing classical music. I want to sing R&B. I want to be on Broadway. I just wanna sing. Whatever comes out of my mouth, that's what I want to do.

Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop.

I listen to all kinds of music and sometimes I try to do something that's referential to an era or a genre, but it still sounds like me.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

In the early '70s, I started to feel like Philadelphia soul was the black-sheep brother of rock and roll. I decided to try to get away from it.

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.

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

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.