Wayne Static Quotes

I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I always try to deviate from the norm.

I think it's always important to constantly keep the band on their toes and try new things that you hope will work. That's how 'Apologize' was born, and maybe down the line another little song will be born by that mentality. I've always really liked that song.

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.

If you're not changing what you're doing and exploring different parts of your musical output, I think you're slowly dying.

I think we are really in touch with what's going on around us in the world of music, trying to push the bar forward and try new and exciting things that our fans can react to.

As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing something completely new. It doesn't always happen, but that's the idea. My poor fans - I don't know if they love that or hate that.

The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

I wouldn't say I'm changing myself to find a new audience. It's about growing, trying new things. There's a whole other world out there that doesn't know who Prince Royce is.

The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.

One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.

I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different.

Towards the end with Pantera - although I was never unhappy with the music we were making - it became one-dimensional, and we wanted to open things back up.

What happened with reggaeton is that many artists kept recycling the same sound. But there are a lot of reggaeton artists that are still in their prime - like Daddy Yankee - because they've chosen to continue growing, to offer people more than just reggaeton. That's where I learned to always be able to try something new and not be afraid.

I think it's really important to show new styles of song and music. I think that's what people want to see and hear from me.

Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs and making the band true to what the band is, but also stepping out and doing something current.

The only intention I've ever had creatively, as a musician, is to be as different from myself as possible.

Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds.

I've never been one to just play safe music and think that's all there is to it.

And I'm interested in writing music that takes risks. My point is that maybe the term EDM is pinned on me and my buddies, but maybe it'll be less so if I experiment.

That's kind of the nature of being in a progressive band - always trying new things, moving forward.

Portugal. The Man, to me, doesn't have any real ties. We try to change things up with every album, really progress, and let things happen.

I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

I've seen and learned enough to keep my music fresh and spread out.