Tech N9ne Quotes

All I really care about is making great music and putting on great shows. I think, to do that, you have to be fearless. It certainly doesn't help to be insecure.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't paying attention to me, to now I've got their attention. It's up to me to what I feed them with my music. It's up to me how I do that. I've put a lot of thought into how great the songs are, and how I want people to perceive me.

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

I love experimenting with clothes for photo shoots, but when I'm onstage, I want to show people that there are other options. You can just be yourself and still make good music.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I'm just going to sing my music; I'm going to write my songs, and I think that people get to know me in that sense.

When I'm acting in TV or movies, I'm a character. But when I'm doing music, I'm Trevor Jackson.

I just wanted to perform all day, every day.

If I was strictly an artist, I'd have to learn to dance and get a shiny suit and stuff.

As a performer, I groove to my own songs.

It's difficult to see how it's possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

I want to get to the point where one day I don't have to have anything but a rug and a microphone stand on stage and still be able to sell out places like Madison Square Garden, like Bruce Springsteen does.

The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.

Unless the clients want, I don't like to have dancers for my shows. I prefer a rock show look and like performing with a live band.

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a rock star, not an actor. It means I can do what I want on my own terms.